The authorities in Austria at this moment have no information that ex-Croatian prime minister Ivo Sanader could be in Austria, spokesman for the Austrian crime police Alexander Marakovits told Austrian news agency APA on Friday.
Marakovits said the warrant issued for Sanader's arrest was valid in Austria as well. Croatia has issued an international arrest warrant for Sanader who left Croatia on Thursday before the national parliament stripped him of immunity on corruption charges.
Spokeswoman for Slovenian police Vesna Drole told the Slovenian news agency STA earlier today that Croatian police have notified Slovenian police of the issue of an international warrant for Sanader's arrest and that Slovenian police have launched a search for Sanader.
Drole declined to say if Sanader was possibly in Slovenia. She explained that in case Sanader was arrested in Slovenia, the police would first take him to an investigating judge who would then decide on his possible extradition to Croatia.
Croatia and Slovenia have signed an extradition agreement.
