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APIA directors targeted in EU funds embezzlement case. EUR 26m estimated prejudice

By Alina Grigoras
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Anti-corruption prosecutors are conducting searches at two headquarters of the Payments and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA) on Monday in a file related to EU funds embezzlement dating back in 2012. The investigation is also endorsed by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

Several directors of APIA offices in Bucharest and Ilfov are targeted in this case, where the prejudice is estimated to EUR 26m. They are to be taken for hearing at the National Anti-corruption Directorate HQs.

According to DNA, prosecutors were conducting 18 searches in Dambovita, Ilfov, Giurgiu and Bucharest, with three headquarters of public institution, private residences and companies’ HQs.

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Alina Grigoras

Alina Grigoras, Editor-in-Chief

I have been editor-in-chief at the Romanian Journal for 5 years and in the Romanian and English-based news editing for 20 years, mostly reporting for the Politics and Society columns.
I graduated in journalism in 2000, having worked as a print editor since then. Print and radio correspondent during college days. BA degree in journalism and MA in advertising.
The expertise in both print and online has allowed me to learn both sides of content and I am still learning and improving myself...
I am a keen observer of reality, favoring strong interpersonal communication, I define myself more like a colleague rather than a chief and a fan of brainstorming and team work.
Passionate about reading, writing, storytelling, psychology and traveling. Published author
(“Scufia cu Vise” book for children, published in 2014).

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