Large-scale searches in the mercenary case coordinated by Horatiu Potra

Calin Georgescu reportedly attending Potra-Sechila meeting at horse farm for conspiracy.

By Romania Journal Last updated Dec 9, 2024

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Extensive searches in the case of mercenaries coordinated by Horațiu Potra, in 12 homes, including the house of his girlfriend. The masked men are looking for pistols and other weapons that the suspects could have used to cause chaos in Bucharest, through instigation, threats and aggression.

Horațiu Potra and his mercenaries are suspected by prosecutors of wanting to use firearms, knives, a drone and money to instigate the commission of crimes during unauthorized protests, according to mass media information.

Horațiu Potra, neo-legionnaire Eugen Sechila, Calin Georgescu’s bodyguard and other characters reportedly met on Saturday at a horse farm in Ciolpani, and the discussions reportedly focused on actions in the capital, sources close to the investigation told G4Media.

After being questioned by prosecutors, the owner of the horse farm in Ilfov admitted that Călin Georgescu also attended the meeting. Asked by journalists about the conspiratorial meeting on Saturday, he said: “It was Călin Georgescu, he came with some people. I don’t know who he came with, I don’t know their names.”

One of the searches carried out on Monday took place at the Ciolpani horse farm, according to the same sources.

Horațiu Potra and his mercenaries are suspected by prosecutors of wanting to use firearms, edged weapons, a drone and money to instigate the commission of crimes during unauthorized protests, according to the press release sent by the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Ploiești Court of Appeal. The police have thus expanded the investigation into the Potra case and are carrying out 12 new searches in Mediaș, Bucharest and Ilfov.

Potra’s house is also being searched again, and he is being held for 24 hours. Prosecutors claim that the weapons, money and other materials found in the car in which Potra was also travelling were to be used to instigate individuals to commit crimes during unauthorized public gatherings and to reward them.

Thus, the police have expanded the investigation into the Potra case and are conducting 12 new searches in Mediaș, Bucharest and Ilfov. Potra’s house is also being searched again, and he is being held for 24 hours. Prosecutors claim that the weapons, money and other materials found in the car in which Potra was also travelling were to be used to incite people to commit crimes during unauthorized public gatherings and to reward them.

“Following the investigations, it was established that, on the night of December 7/8 this year, the defendants P.H. and L.A.F. and other people, were traveling towards Bucharest, carrying bladed weapons (machetes, swords, daggers), firearms, as well as large sums of money (approximately 18,000 USD and 25,000 lei), laptops, storage media and a professional drone, which were allegedly intended to be used to incite individuals to commit crimes during unauthorized public gatherings and reward them,” the statement from the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the Ploiești Court of Appeal states.

One of Georgescu’s close associates worked for years in the Army’s secret service

Bogdan Vacusta, who appeared in a photo published by Digi24.ro alongside Călin Georgescu, worked in the structures of the General Directorate of Defense Intelligence (DGIA) between 2002 and 2015, the Ministry of Defense officially confirmed to Digi24.ro. Vacusta is also a founding member and is found alongside Georgescu in the leadership of the Ancestral Land Association.

“Constantin Bogdan Vacusta was an employee of the Ministry of Defense, in the structures of the General Directorate of Defense Intelligence, between 2002 and 2015,” is an official response from the Ministry of Defense to Digi24.ro.

Vacusta’s name appeared in public space during the presidential campaign for the presidential elections, which have since been canceled. He was photographed alongside independent candidate Călin Georgescu.

At the time Digi24.ro published these photos, Vacusta did not respond to requests to provide a point of view.

According to official documents, Vacusta is one of the founders of the Pâmântul Strămoșesc Association, an association that intensively promoted Călin Georgescu.

Georgescu is in turn the founder and president of this association.

Information related to his involvement in the Association and his past at the DGIA was published in 2022 by journalists Vlad Stoicescu and Ovidiu Vanghele (in the Judecata de Acum podcast).

Digi24.ro wrote extensively about the Ancestral Land here. In April, Vacusta appeared as a consultant to the National Bank of Romania at a conference on the subject. Currently, his name appears on several articles related to cryptocurrencies, including those taken up by a geopolitics magazine supported by the Romanian Academy. Cryptocurrencies are based on blockchain technology.

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