LAW & CRIME

An inmate imprisoned at Aiud Penitentiary has sent a life threat to President Klaus Iohannis in a letter, according to Alba24.ro. Costin Munteanu, sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter and imprisoned at the penitentiary in Aiud, has asked ...

Interim Prosecutor General Bogdan Licu has said on Thursday that, in Romania, the election campaign lasts one year and seven months, so another ‘August 10’ clash could occur anytime. Licu said the all the events at the August 10, 2018 ...

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) plenary, following the debates on Wednesday, has validated the contest for taking over the position of chief of the Judicial Inspectorate, with Lucian Netejoru winner of another term to lead the institution. Judge Lucian ...

The former mayor of Constanta, Radu Mazare, will be extradited from Madagascar and be brought under Police escort to Romania, on May 20, Romanian media report. “Following the information from the Madagascar Republic authorities, on May 14, regarding the admission ...

Interior minister Carmen Dan has announced in Oradea on Tuesday that police and gendarmes are in the process of identifying protesters and of viewing footage from the PSD electoral rallies last week in order to notify the Prosecutor’s Office in ...

Romanian interim Justice minister Ana Birchall has announced that authorities from Madagascar had admitted the extradition procedure of Radu Mazare, and that provisions on taking over the former mayor of Constanta will be enforced as a matter of urgency. “The ...

The Romanian Police, as well as the ones in Italy, Spain, France and Hungary, are conducting on Tuesday more than 150 home searches in order to document the criminal activity of an organized group dealing with illegal fishing, acquisition and ...

Bucharest Tribunal has sentenced former mayor of Bucharest Sorin Oprescu to five years and four months in prison in the file where he is investigated for corruption deeds. The ruling is not final and can be challenged in another court. ...

A 5-judge panel with the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) has decided on Monday to notify the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in regard to the Constitutional Court’s interpretation and implementation of ...

The section for investigating magistrates has announced the High Court of Cassation and Justice that it is withdrawing the appeal file by the anti-corruption directorate in the file of the illegal forest retrocessions, where former PSD deputy Viorel Hrebenciuc had ...