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Romanian Ex Ministers Indicted In Strategic Privatization File

Romania’s former economy minister Codrut Seres and former communications minister Zsolt Nagy were indicted Monday by organized crime prosecutors, alongside another four defendants, in a file concerning shady privatization deals.
Romanian Ex Ministers Indicted In Strategic Privatization File
30 mart. 2009, 11:49, English

Prosecutors of the Department Investigation Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) indicted the two former ministers along Gabor Kerekes, Mircea Calin Flore (senior director of CSFB Europe Ltd. London), Czech citizen Michal Susak and Turkish citizen Mustafa Oral.
 
Prosecutors said that, between May 30, 2005 and November 21, 2006, the defendants were part of a criminal group that also included Vadim Benyatov, Stamen Stanchev, Dorinel Mihai Mucea and Mihai Radu Donciu.
 
Former minster Seres is accused of treason by leaking classified information and Susak and Flore are also accused of accessory to espionage.
 
The six were indicted regarding the privatization of Romanian power distributor S.C. Electrica Muntenia Sud, the sale of an 8% stake in the country’s dominant oil and gas company, privatization/restructuring processes at the country’s airliner S.C. Romaero S.A., aircraft maker Avioane Craiova, telecom operator Romtelecom and postal company Posta Romana.