Former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, who was sentenced to 10 years for war profiteering in the Hypo Alpe Adria Bank case and for bribe taking in the INA-MOL case, was transferred from the Zagreb County Court shortly after the sentencing hearing to the Remetinec remand prison on Tuesday.
After the verdict was delivered, several protesters shouted outside the court building that any prison term was lenient.
Sanader was already detained in Remetinec after he was extradited from Austria in July 2011. He was released on HRK 12.6 million bail in December 2011.
Given that he was sentenced to more than five years in prison, Sanader was immediately remanded in custody.
Sanader has a right to appeal.
