Tag Archives: terrorism

At least three people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. Parts of the city are still on lockdown and a major security operation is underway around the city’s famed Christmas market. A gunman ...

The US Ambassador to Bucharest, Hans Klemm, has voiced concern on Monday, mentioning other eleven envoys, regarding the amendments to the Criminal Codes, given that these amendments could have had consequences in terms of fight against organized crime and terrorism. ...

President Klaus Iohannis has signed on Monday the decree to appoint Oliver-Felix Banila as chief prosecutor of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). The appointment is for a term of 3 years, the Presidency informs. On June ...

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) has sentenced, on Wednesday, to 5 years on prison defendants Szocs Zoltan (photo) and Beke Istvan Attila, leaders of the group ‘64 Counties Youth Movement’ (HVIM) in Transylvania, charged ...

The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has detained a 15-year-old boy for promoting the extremist ideology and for getting in contact with the supporters of the terrorist organisations in order to convince and attract new followers. DIICOT ...

The prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) have decided on Monday, in the general assembly, to send a letter to President Klaus Iohannis to ask him not to appoint Felix Banila as the directorate’s chief. ...

Two Dutch DJs were caught on Friday afternoon with prohibited substances at Iasi International Airport. The two DJs, who attended the Afterhills Festival, ongoing in Iasi these days, were taken to the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) ...

Romania was involved, along with the Europol, Canada, United States and other European countries in an international operation, a major blow against the internet propaganda of the Islamic State group. According to the BBC, cyber specialists in various European countries, ...

The prosecutors of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) are investigating at large a Romanian citizen of Palestinian nationality, aged 30, suspect of getting involved in promoting radical messages, specific to terrorist organisations in the Middle East ...

US Ambassador to Bucharest, Hans Klemm, said on Saturday that many positive things have been accomplished within the framework of the Strategic Partnership between the United States and Romania, adding he has full confidence in the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) ...