Romanian State Secretary Arrested For Bribe Taking

Romanian state secretary Silviu Bian, head of the national employment agency, was placed under 29-day preventive arrest Sunday on charges of bribe taking.

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Bian had been detained by anticorruption prosecutors Saturday night and the Bucharest Court upheld prosecutors' request and ordered his arrest.

People close to the investigation said Bian solicited and was caught receiving bribe from employees of a local employment agency branch, to allow them to keep their jobs.

The National Anticorruption Department said it has evidence that, besides the RON80,000 he was caught receiving, Bian received EUR22,000 and RON19,000 from staff of local employment agencies to allow the continuation of EU-funded projects the institutions were unfolding.

The public official was caught receiving 80,000 lei (EUR18,500).

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