ZAGREB, June 1 (Hina) - Following enquiries that lasted several months and were conducted in cooperation with police and tax inspectors, the Office for the Prevention of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK) has launched an investigation into Petar Pripuz, a co-owner of the Zagreb-based company CIOS, specialised in the disposal and primary processing of industrial waste, his son and several business associates on the suspicion of siphoning off HRK 98 million from a number of companies and of tax evasion worth HRK 22 million.
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