Hrvatske autoceste

Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. (HAC ) (Eng. about Croatian Motorways Ltd.) is the largest Croatian motorway operator company. It was founded in 1991 and is 100 % owned by the Croatian Ministry of Transport under the current Minister Bozidar Kalmeta. Current Chairman of the HAC is Stjepko Boban.

The national operating company HAC alone is responsible for the management of investments in the Croatian highway infrastructure and its subsequent use. By the end of 2009 operates Hrvatske autoceste nine of the thirteen Croatian highways. Four Croatian highways were private operators assumed (there are three private companies: Autocesta Rijeka -Zagreb dd, Zagreb Autocesta - Macelj doo, Bina Istra dd).

Fraud scandal

By the end of 2009 a number of corruption scandals in the management of HAC are noticed. So ( Ger. operation anomaly ) were five board members, including the former CEO Jurica Prskalo arrested in carried out by the Croatian anti-fraud authority USKOK end of November 2009 "Operation Nesklad ". Among the charges is including the alleged embezzlement of significant sums in maintaining different tunnel. Those responsible will be charged, estimated excessive sums for the coloring of the tunnel Mala Kapela and Sveti Rok in the balance sheets and making arrangements with various private companies to have. In the wake of the scandal, the public calls for resignation of Transport Minister Bozidar Kalmeta accumulated.