The Croatian anti-corruption investigative agency USKOK has dropped charges brought against the Minister of the Interior Tomislav Karamarko and the mayor of the southern town of Obrovac, Ante Zupan, by a civil society association that claimed that these two office holders abused their powers and conspired to commit white-collar crimes.
In late June, the association called "Partnerstvo Za Drustveni Razvoj" (Partnership For Social Development), filed the charges against Karamarko, Zupan and some other people accusing them of making favours to Karamarko by converting his father's farmland into land for construction purposes.
On Wednesday, USKOK reported on its web site that it rejected the charges on 9 September as it established that there were no grounds for suspicion in this case. It only gave the initials of the men whom the civil society association reported.
