DIICOT

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis has asked the chief prosecutor of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) Felix Bănilă "to resign immediately". "Considering the people's legitimate expectation to be…

DIICOT has officially announced on Wednesday it had sent a request to FBI in the United States to run a DNA test (mithocondrial and chromosomal) on the samples taken from Luiza Melencu, one of the alleged victims in Caracal case.…

One of the German citizens suspected in the white slavery case in Maramures has been detained by the Police today. Germany's Embassy to Romania has been notified about this case. The allegedly trafficked children will benefit of social…

Investigators have found new bone fragments in Gheorghe Dincă's courtyard following resumed searches at his place in the Caracal murder case, judiciary sources revealed. The bones are to be examined. However, the sources also said the…

The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has conducted several searches in Maramures, northwestern Romania, on an alleged white-slavery ring suspected of human trafficking. The criminal group, which also…

The human remains found by the prosecutors in a forest near Caracal belong to a girl aged 15 to 19, other than Alexandra Măceşanu, DIICOT has announced on Wednesday. This means the second victim of Gheorghe Dincă is thus confirmed. "Mina…

Searches continue at Gheorghe Dinca's house in Caracal, the aggressor who says he murdered Alexandra Macesanu and Luiza Melencu. Investigators use special ground-scanning equipment to look for evidence that might hide in the concreted pits…

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) has notified the Judicial Inspection to conduct checks to DIICOT and to all prosecutor's offices on the files related to child trafficking and human trafficking. The move comes in the light of the…

Latest news: Investigators announced they had found Alexandra's clothes, mobile phone and SIM card in a park in Caracal, sources said. The same sources disclosed that the suspect Gheorghe Dincă would have guided the prosecutors to the…

Developments in the case of Alexandra Macesanu, the 15-year-old girl reported missing in Caracal for over a week, continue to unfold. While the main suspect, currently under arrest, maintains his confession of murdering Alexandra and…