The Croatian police sent an official request to Interpol in Lyon yesterday for an international arrest warrant for Hernadi, who is suspected of bribing former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader into giving MOL management rights in Croatia's oil and gas company INA.
Interpol put Hernadi on its Red Notice list today. Zagreb's County court last Friday issued a detention order for Hernadi at the request of Croatia's anti-corruption office USKOK, citing flight risk.
USKOK requested a detention order after Hungarian authorities recently refused to serve Hernadi with a summons to be questioned in Croatia and prior to that would not question him themselves, citing the protection of national interests.
MOL has dismissed the accusations against Hernadi, saying this legal issue did not prevent the chairman from running the company.