Smokvica: DORH in possession of the island used by Ivica Todorić for 11 years

After the enforcement conducted against the Zagreb company Grafoplast, the island of Smokvica with all its accompanying facilities, which was used by Ivica Todorić for 11 years, has been in the possession of the State Attorney’s Office of the Republic of Croatia since Wednesday.

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The enforcement was carried out by Grozdana Juričev Šprljan as a court enforcement officer from the Municipal Court in Šibenik.

– At this moment, the barracks Smokvica near Rogoznica with all accompanying facilities covering an area of 168,865 square meters has been handed over to the Republic of Croatia, and thus, with today’s actions, the enforcement has been carried out, and the completion of the enforcement will be communicated to the parties in writing. We found all the facilities listed in the report that is an annex to this case on the island. The main facilities are very beautiful and well-preserved, and not many movable items were found inside, only furniture that has been listed and will be left to the enforcer for safekeeping. The enforcer will be invited within 30 days to contact the enforcer and take over the listed movable items, and if they do not take them, the court will have to conduct an auction ex officio, said Juričev Šprljan. She added that the auxiliary facilities are in quite a dilapidated state and that they probably have not been used.

Lease for 30 years

The barracks Smokvica with all accompanying facilities has been taken over on behalf of the Republic of Croatia by Snježana Bajan as the legal representative from the Municipal State Attorney’s Office in Šibenik.

– After the enforcement procedure is completed, the competent ministry will decide on the further fate of the facilities. The Republic of Croatia is authorized to dispose of the property in question and has the right to request the handover of possession based on a final and enforceable judgment. The State Attorney’s Office is now in possession of the island of Smokvica with all accompanying facilities, she emphasized after the enforcers visited the island on Wednesday morning.

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The condition found was compared to that from May 1995 when the Croatian government ceded the island for tourism development to the Šibenik-Knin County and the Municipality of Primošten, which leased Smokvica for 30 years to Grafoplast, and the owner of Grafoplast, Ante Lušić, sold his rights over Smokvica to Ivica Todorić in 2006, whose Agrokor built and exploited the island for 11 years. At the moment the crisis in Agrokor began, Todorić sold the management rights back to Lušić.

Ante Lušić did not come to Smokvica on Wednesday because, as he said, he had a meeting, and the keys to the facilities were handed over to the enforcers by his employee.