DIICOT

The Venice Commission urges the Romanian authorities to drastically limit the emergency ordinances, a draft opinion regarding GEO 7/2019 and GEO 12/2019 reads. The two GEOs have turned thousands of magistrates to protests early this year.…

Former Finance Minister Darius Valcov, currently state adviser of Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, has been charged with the criminal offence of disclosure of secrets jeopardizing national security, in the case of posting on Facebook the…

A priest in Constanta County is prosecuted by the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) for child pornography, who allegedly has mounted a surveillance camera in the bathroom, in order to spy on the…

PSD Deputy Chairman Doina Pană, former Minister of Waters and Forests, said on Wednesday for Antena 3 TV private broadcaster that she discovered that she was poisoned with Mercury, then she had to give up the ministry for health reasons.…

Fashion designer Razvan Ciobanu has died in a car accident, which occurred on Monday morning in Constanta County. The accident took place at the exit from Sacele to Navodari, on National Road DN 22B. "It was a serious road accident,…

Daniel Horodniceanu, former chief prosecutor of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has challenged on Monday the procedure of appointing the Prosecutor General by the Justice Minister to the Iasi Court…

The selection procedure for appointing the new Prosecutor General will be resumed, sources from the Justice Ministry have said on Wednesday. Justice Ministr Tudorel Toader announced on Wednesday that the decision on the candidate has…

Policemen and gendarmes, coordinated by the drug squads - DIICOT have found and seized over 130 kilos of drugs on the beaches of the Romanian seaside in the past two days, the Romanian Police announced. More precisely, 131 kilos of drugs…

Former chief of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) Daniel Horodniceanu (photo), said on Thursday he has submitted the candidacy for the Prosecutor General office. Also on Thursday, Gabriela Scutea,…

Last week, DIICOT prosecutors seized one ton of cocaine near Sfantu Gheorghe, Tulcea, on the Black Sea shore. The drugs were in an overturned boat and om shore packed in several packages wrapped in rubber. DIICOT head Felix Banile…