A Croatian court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader to 2 ½ years in prison for war profiteering following his retrial in the high-profile corruption case. The court said Sanader, who was deputy foreign minister at the time, was guilty of war profiteering because he acted for own benefit rather than Croatia's during its 1992-95 war. Sanader went on to serve as prime minister from 2003 to 2009. Altogether, prosecutors had filed five corruption cases against Sanader since 2010. The ex-prime minister was the leader of the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union party.

Source: ABC News October 22, 2018 12:59 UTC