"The year 2008 was better than 2006 and 2007,” Daniel Morar said at the beginning of the meeting.
The country’s chief anticorruption prosecutor said indictments in cases of corruption increased to 109 cases last year from just five in 2007.
He added the number of reports regarding tax evasion cases increased to 60 last year from ten in 2007. Damages brought about by corruption cases in 2008 are estimated at 530 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2891) and EUR237 million.
The Anticorruption Department indicted 683 people in 2008, Morar said.