Romania official seeks to overturn anti-corruption law
BUCHAREST, Romania — A Romanian official on Thursday petitioned the Constitutional Court saying a law banning people with convictions from serving as ministers is unconstitutional. The move came amid concerns that the new left-leaning government may seek to slow down…
Romanian president rejects left’s premier candidate
BUCHAREST: Romania’s president on Tuesday rejected the left-wing Social Democrats’ candidate for prime minister, Sevil Shhaideh, who would have been the EU country’s first female and Muslim premier. “I have properly analysed the arguments for and against and I have…
Romania’s health anti-corruption hotline gets 88 complaints in ten days
Romanian patients have denounced 88 possible corruption cases in the healthcare system in the first ten days after the launching of the anti-corruption hotline, said health minister Vlad Voiculescu. “The anti-corruption line and the protocol concluded with the General…
Teva bribery settlement raises questions on Argentina, Romania probes
Teva and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in separate statements on Thursday that they had reached a settlement over the charges relating to Russia, Ukraine and Mexico, and that Teva would pay a combined total of US criminal and regulatory penalties of almost…
Romania’s New Parliament Sits Amid Concerns About Corruption
Romania’s new Parliament has sat for the first time since elections amid concerns that the country’s vaunted anti-corruption fight may weaken under a new government. The left-leaning Social Democrats easily won the Dec. 11 parliamentary elections, but did…
Romania’s War on Corruption Got Old
Nobody likes corruption, but when fighting it becomes the focus of politics and policy, voters can quickly tire of this. The Romanian Social Democrats proved it on Sunday by winning a landslide election victory a year after its leaders were seemingly disgraced in a…
Romania elects a party led by a vote-rigger
THE centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) entered Romania’s parliamentary election on December 11th with what, in most countries, would be considered a handicap. Its leader, Liviu Dragnea, was convicted in 2015 of attempting electoral fraud three years earlier….
The woman leading Romania’s fight against rampant corruption
To her enemies she is an intractable foe, a throw-back to Romania’s communist era when the state abused its power to destroy lives at its whim. To her supporters Laura Codruta Kovesi is a heroine. The one person who has finally stood up to the corrupt and powerful…
Romania: Vote After Corruption Probe Forced Socialist PM From Power
The country of about 19 million is one of the poorest in the European Union and perceived as one of the most corrupt. Romania’s biggest party, the Social Democratic Party, is expected to come first and will likely try to form a majority with smaller parties. In all,…
Socialist party beats anti-corruption rivals in Romanian election
Romanians hoping for major change in a country which is considered one of the most corrupt in Europe suffered a setback yesterday after it was confirmed that socialist party Partidul Social Democrat (PSD) had won parliamentary elections with 45 per cent of the vote….
Romania’s War on Corruption Got Old
Nobody likes corruption, but when fighting it becomes the focus of politics and policy, voters can quickly tire of this. The Romanian Social Democrats proved it on Sunday by winning a landslide election victory a year after its leaders were seemingly disgraced in a…
Romania’s anti-corruption services are reminiscent of Securitate
Romania entered the European Union on the basis that it had dealt with its legacy of corruption inherited from Nicolae Ceaușescu, the leader of one of the most corrupt and ruthless regimes in Central Europe. That corruption accompanied its early privatisations and…
Romania: Left ‘set to return to power’
The Social Democratic Party’s (PSD) resurgence comes little more than a year after a corruption crackdown forced its last leader from power. Victor Ponta resigned after a deadly nightclub fire in October 2015, which became a platform for wider discontent. It…
Israeli accused of spying convicted of ‘harassing’ Romanian official
Geclowicz, an employee of the private Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube, allegedly admitted to targeting three people close to Kovesi, Romania’s Agerpres reported. According to Agerpres, Geclowicz’s conviction Wednesday also included offenses that…
Israeli convicted for targeting Romania’s anti-corruption chief
Geclowicz pleaded guilty for undertaking what prosecutors called a campaign of “harassment” to destabilize Kovesi’s team with “multiple threatening telephone calls” and email “piracy” aimed at “uncovering evidence of possible corruption” by Kovesi. Another Black Cube…
Corruption crackdown gains momentum in Romania as Bulgaria’s stalls
Romania is taking big strides in rooting out high-level corruption, new data shows, in stark contrast to neighbours Bulgaria. The duo, who both joined the EU in 2007, have been ranked among the worst in the bloc for perceptions of bribery and fraud. But a year since a…
Romania president offers to help Slovakia fight corruption
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s president has offered to help Slovakia with its anti-corruption fight, saying graft harms the economy and can deter investment. President Klaus Iohannis said “eradicating corruption is vital, because … corruption is…
Romanian Liberal Party head quits pending graft investigation
The leader and campaign manager of Romania’s second-largest party resigned on Wednesday after anti-corruption prosecutors said they were investigating him on suspicion of abusing his position to illegally secure funding for the party. The resignation of Vasile…
Romania and when curbing corruption warrants investigation
A terrible traffic accident a year ago in the Romanian capital of Bucharest is back on local front pages currently, having fueled a debate over privilege and political interference. Early one evening in October 2015, the then-Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea’s car and…
Romanian Liberal Party head quits pending graft investigation
The leader and campaign manager of Romania’s second-largest party resigned on Wednesday after anti-corruption prosecutors said they were investigating him on suspicion of abusing his position to illegally secure funding for the party. The resignation of Vasile…
Romania: Party Leader Resigns Amid Corruption Probe
A leader of a major Romanian political party has resigned after anti-corruption prosecutors charged him with influence-peddling. Vasile Blaga resigned as joint leader of the Liberal Party Wednesday hours after anti-corruption prosecutors indicted him. He also said he…
Romanian ex-secret service agent held over plot against anti-graft chief
Kovesi, a 42-year-old former professional basketball player, is spearheading an unprecedented anti-corruption drive in one of Europe’s poorest and most graft-prone nations. Probes by the DNA have cost a string of prominent Romanians their jobs in recent years. If…
Romanian ex-PM Ponta under investigation in new probe
BUCHAREST, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors said on Tuesday they were investigating former leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta on suspicion of abuse of power and complicity in tax evasion. Ponta is already on trial in a separate case on…
Romania: Ex-PM investigated over pre-election ‘Blair’ visit
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is being investigated for alleged financial improprieties connected to another political figure’s 2012 visit to Bucharest, prosecutors said Tuesday. Prosecutors didn’t identify the…
Romanian interior minister resigns pending corruption probe
Romania’s Interior Minister Petre Toba resigned on Thursday pending a criminal investigation against him over allegations of shielding suspects in a case involving suspected embezzlement and abuse of power. Anti-corruption prosecutors asked President Klaus…
Suspicions of bribery for voluntary layoffs at Romanian energy producer
Romania’s Energy Minister Victor Grigorescu has “imperatively’ asked the management of the energy group Complexul Energetic Oltenia to check whether employees have offered bribes to be on the list of people who are laid off and get financial compensation. The minister…
Culture vs. corruption in Romania
Truth can be stranger than fiction, at least in the murky chronicles of Romania’s fight against corruption. In its online Museum of Corruption, Bucharest-based digital marketing agency Kinecto Isobar invites users to guess whether the cases illustrated are real or…
Romanian Bank’s Deputy Chief Quits Over Graft Charges
Bogdan Olteanu, 45, resigned on Monday as deputy governor of the National Bank of Romania, BNR, after prosecutors accused him of taking bribes from a businessman. He is the first senior bank official to be forced out on corruption charges. “It is a sad moment for me…
Romania: Senior Banker Under House Arrest in Graft Probe
The deputy governor of Romania’s central bank has been put under house arrest on suspicion that he engaged in influence-peddling, illicitly receiving 1 million euros ($1.1 million) when he was parliament speaker, anti-corruption prosecutors said Friday. Bogdan…
Romania’s Craiova mayor sent to court for bribery, money laundering
Romania’s anticorruption prosecutors sent to trial Craiova’s mayor Lia Olguta Vasilescu. They charged her with bribery, using authority to extort money, and money laundering. Radu Cosmin Preda, the former public administrator of Craiova, was indicted in the same case…
Romania struggles to rid itself of graft rot
Romania’s prime minister is launching a national anti-corruption strategy in a bid to crack down on widespread corruption that plagues every walk of life in Romania. Premier Dacian Ciolos (Pictured, with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Mongolia last week), said he…
Romanian PM launches national anti-corruption fight
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s prime minister is launching a national anti-corruption strategy in a bid to crack down on widespread corruption that plagues every walk of life in Romania. Premier Dacian Ciolos said Tuesday he was “thinking about ‘the…
US: Romania still faces corruption, bureaucracy, lack of transparency
The high degree of corruption, the delayed reforms in public companies, bureaucracy and lack of transparency in decisions with economic impact, as well as problems with employment should be considered by prospective investors in Romania, reads the Report on the…
Romania’s anti-corruption fight sends mixed messages
On June 15th, the Romanian Constitutional Court ruled that the abuse of public office will remain a criminal offence. As this was one of the most anticipated rulings in years, it came as a disappointment to multiple officials facing indictment. The ruling makes the…
Romania’s anti-corruption fight sends mixed messages
On June 15th, the Romanian Constitutional Court ruled that the abuse of public office will remain a criminal offence. As this was one of the most anticipated rulings in years, it came as a disappointment to multiple officials facing indictment. The ruling makes the…
Romania: ex-president’s brother gets prison for bribery
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ” A court has upheld a four-year prison sentence for the brother of Romania’s former president on charges of influence-peddling, ruling he took a bribe from the son of a convict in return for promising to secure his early release….
Romania top court keeps abuse of power as criminal offence
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that abuse of public office should remain a criminal offence, rejecting a challenge by several indicted officials and easing concerns over the fate of a crackdown on high-level graft. However it…
London police detain Romanian investor’s son wanted for bribery
Alexander Adamescu, Romanian businessman Dan Adamescu’s son, was detained in London on Monday evening, June 13. He has been a wanted person after the Bucharest Court issued an arrest warrant on his name in May this year, on corruption charges. “Bogdan-Alexander…
Romania: Re-Elected Mayors Tied To Corruption
Septimiu Parvu from the Expert Forum-EFOR think tank said that “it is as if Romanians are suffering from Stockholm syndrome,” referring to the phenomenon in which kidnap victims develop positive feelings for their captors. “Despite the fact that their money is…
Romanian Pharma Execs in Money Laundering Probe
Anti-corruption prosecutors filed money laundering and tax evasion charges on 2 June against Hexi Pharma general director Flori Dinu and Uliana Ochinciuc, the partner of late company owner Dan Condrea (pictured). The news came amid allegations that two…
Romanians vote for mayors in ballot overshadowed by graft
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanians voted Sunday for local officials in administrations that are plagued with corruption. Three exit polls showed that Gabriela Firea, a former TV journalist and member of the center-left Social Democratic Party, had easily won the post…
Romania’s anti-corruption drive reveals another extraordinary tale
UNTIL a month ago Dan Condrea was, to all appearances, a successful Romanian businessman. His company, Hexi Pharma, made a healthy income supplying disinfectant to Romanian hospitals. Read Full Article: Romania’s anti-corruption drive reveals another extraordinary…
Romania Charges 77 Doctors in Bribery Case
Romanian prosecutors say they have charged dozens of doctors with taking bribes after a pharmaceutical company paid for vacations for them in India in exchange for promoting anti-cancer medicine to patients. Prosecutors said Monday that an unnamed pharmaceutical…
Romania’s Baia Mare mayor sent to court for bribery
Romanian anticorruption prosecutors sent Baia Mare mayor Catalin Chereches to court on bribery charges, on Friday, May 20. According to the DNA prosecutors, Chereches demanded and received a bribe of about EUR 15,500 to support a local football team with public funds…
Another Romanian mayor arrested for bribery
Another Romanian mayor will go to jail: the Cluj Court recently ruled that Baia Mare mayor Catalin Chereches should spend the next 30 days in jail. The decision comes after the National Anticorruption Department DNA decided on April 26 to arrest the mayor for 24 hours…
Romania’s former President investigated for money laundering
Romania’s former President Traian Basescu is investigated for alleged money laundering in a criminal case managed by the General Prosecutor’s Office, according to judicial sources cited by local Mediafax. Basescu himself confirmed the information in a Facebook post….
Ex-Romanian President Probed Over Suspected Money Laundering
Romania’s former president says he is being investigated on suspicion of money laundering related to a real estate deal reached when he was mayor of Bucharest. Traian Basescu says he’s been told by prosecutors at Romania’s top court that he is…
Romania’s former President investigated for money laundering
Romania’s former President Traian Basescu is investigated for alleged money laundering in a criminal case managed by the General Prosecutor’s Office, according to judicial sources cited by local Mediafax. Basescu himself confirmed the information in a Facebook post….
The DNA of Romania’s anti-corruption success
Few countries can claim a sitting prime minister as one of the 1,250 public officials indicted for corruption in a single year. Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), the agency responsible for the crackdown, has made a deep impact in a country rife with…
Graft Charges Fail to Halt Romanians’ Political Careers
Investigations by the National Anti-Corruption Directorate, the DNA, have not stopped many Romanian politicians from campaigning for office in the June elections. Ludovic Orban, who planned to run for the post of Mayor of Bucharest in the local elections for…
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