Court supervision maintained for Lukoil case defendants
The six individual defendants indicted in the Lukoil tax evasion and money laundering case remain under court supervision, as the Prahova Court rejected on Tuesday...
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IRES poll: 84% of Romanians believe rape sentences are too mild
Eighty-four per cent of Romanians believe that, in Romania, sentences for rape are far too lenient, according to a recent IRES opinion poll. The research...
Alba Iulia Court of Appeal releases motivation for ruling in Iohannis vs. ANI file: No conflict of interest
President Klaus Iohannis was in no conflict of interest when he signed, in December 2010, a service agreement between the Sibiu Municipality and the Tipografia...
7.6 million lei for improving detention in several penitentiaries
Administration of the Penitentiaries has earmarked 7.6 million lei to improve the detention conditions in several penitentiaries; the money was assigned when operating this year’s...
Romanian prison inmates have written 157 books since 2014
Persons on detention have written 157 books from the beginning of 2014 until June 2015, in order to have their sentence reduced and qualify for...
Suspended Mayor Marian Vanghelie remains on house arrest
The Bucharest Tribunal magistrates decided on Monday that the suspended Mayor of District 5 of Bucharest, Marian Vanghelie, would be on trial on house arrest,...
Elena Udrea, Dorin Cocos and Alina Bica heard before High Court
Ex-Regional Development and Tourism Minister Elena Udrea (photo), her ex-husband, Dorin Cocos, and his son, former Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) head...
Prosecutors order splitting of three cases in Lukoil investigation
Ploiesti Court of Appeals prosecutors have ordered the splitting of several cases in the Lukoil investigation. According to information included in the indictment, the case...
Marian Vanghelie: “That’s it, I’m alive. Some thought I died”
Marian Vanghelie, the suspended mayor of Bucharest’s District 5, stated on Monday that he was called by a lot of people whom he thanked and...
Petrotel Lukoil, Lukoil Europe Holdings companies indicted in money laundering case
Prosecutors with the Ploiesti Court of Appeals have decided on Monday to prosecute the Petrotel Lukoil Compay of Ploiesti and the Lukoil Europe Holdings of...
Bargaining with freedom on the table
The New Code of Criminal Procedure allows defendants who admit to the commission of the offence to benefit from a quicker trial and receive more...
Sebastian Ghita at Supreme Court: Not a happy situation
MP Sebastian Ghita went to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Thursday to find out if he will continue to be kept...
Journalist Dan Andornic, heard at DNA
Dan Andronic, majority shareholder of the “Evenimentul si Capital” Publishing House was heard on Wednesday at the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA). When leaving the hearings...
Dozens of doctors accused of taking bribe from pharmaceuticals distributors
National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors are conducting searches ion a criminal case based on suspicions regarding the commission of offences of corruption and associated offences...
Former PNL treasurer to DNA search
The former Treasurer of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Vlad Moisescu, currently under criminal investigation in a case also concerning District 1 Mayor Andrei Chiliman,...
Former Interior Minister Gabriel Berca in preventive arrest for 30 days
The Bacau Court of Appeals (CA) upheld on Friday the request of National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors to place former minister of internal affairs Gabriel...
Vaslui gang rape case: Judicial Inspection starts disciplinary investigation against some magistrates suspected for exercising the job in bad faith or gross negligence
The Judicial Inspection informed on Friday that it started a disciplinary investigation of some of the justices involved in a much-publicized gang rape case. The...
Businessman Niculae, politician Stancu prosecuted by DNA
Prosecutors with the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) have ordered the criminal prosecution of businessman Ioan Niculae, owner of Interagro SA, and politician Gheorghe Bunea Stancu,...