After the media reported that another suspect in the JANAF scandal has a spouse who works in the judiciary, the Supreme Court has said that the judge in question informed the court that her husband had been arrested as soon as she learned of the arrest.

According to the media, the suspect in question is the director of the JANAF Security and Protection Sector, Vlado Zoric, whose wife Ivana Zoric, a judge at the Zagreb Municipal Court, was assigned to the Supreme Court a few years ago.

The Supreme Court has said that Judge Zoric has worked at the court as an advisor since 15 January 2018 and that as soon as she heard of her husband’s arrest, she informed the court’s administration.

“Immediately upon hearing of the arrest on 17 September 2020, Mrs Zoric informed the court’s administration of that fact and of the fact that her marriage had practically ended on 1 July 2020,” the Supreme Court said in a press release on its web site on Wednesday.

Attorney Ivo Farcic, who is defending former JANAF CEO Dragan Kovacevic, has told the N1 television that he does not see any coincidence in this situation and that who is whose spouse is not important.