The two Romanians arrested for weapons smuggling in Montenegro on Wednesday will be brought to trial in the United States of America for terrorism and conspiracy to murdering American civilians and soldiers. Moreover, recent disclosures on the high-sounding case showed that one of them was a former official of the Romanian central administration and used to be in business with ex-Social Democrat leaders such as Viorel Hrebenciuc and Dan Matei Agathon.
Catalin Vintila, former general manager of the National Administration of State Resources and Romanian-born businessman Virgil Georgescu, established in the USA, arranged to supply weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia terrorist organization. According to the U.S. prosecutors, extremists contacted Georgescu, a well-known arms smuggler, who got in contact with Vintila. Negotiations have begun in May, but what the suspects did not know was that the alleged terrorists were in fact undercover agents.
Virgil Georgescu, 42, has double citizenship, Romanian and American. The businessman owned a company that used to sell pharmaceutics products. From that position, Georgescu lobbied for the medical marijuana’s legalization in Romania.
Cristian Vintila has been working for the National Administration of State Resources for many years, as inspector with the Weapons Control Direction, secretary general and finally, as general manager. He joined central public administration in 2009, by order of former Democrat Liberal prime minister Emil Boc. But his political career began with the county councilor position in PSD Bacau branch. Presently he is shareholder of several companies. He also used to be business partner of ex-PSD vice-president Viorel Hrebenciuc, now serving a pre-trial detention, and of Dan Matei Agathon, former Tourism minister in Nastase Government.
As for the third person arrested along with the two Romanian citizens, the Italian Massimo Romagnoli, he has reportedly visited Romania on September 2010 as a MEP, when he attended an event in Alba Iulia organized by the Italian Cultural Center.