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Romania Interim Interior Min Vies To Crack Down On Violence, Drug Dealing In Schools

12:14, 15 Ian. 2009
Romania’s interim interior minister Dan Nica said Thursday that public safety measures must be taken immediately, since drug dealers offer free drugs to students in many schools, adding many students face blackmail and aggression every day.

Two Traffic Cops Caught Soliciting Bribe In E Romania

14:02, 29 Nov. 2008
Two Romanian traffic police officers, Marius Milea and Nicolae Rotaru, were detained Friday evening by anticorruption officers, as they solicited bribe from an undercover police officer.

Two Police Officers Arrested After Corruption Sting Operation, Car Chase

14:04, 28 Nov. 2008
Two police officers from Bucharest Police Precinct 13 were detained Thursday night, when, driving a police cruiser, they were caught after a car chase in which they tried to ram the vehicles of anticorruption officers blocking their path.

Romanian Police, Public Servants Press For Higher Wages, Increased Staff

13:56, 22 Nov. 2008
More than 200 unionists in law enforcement and public servants sectors staged an hour and a half protest in Bucharest’s Constitution Square on Saturday, pressing for higher salaries and increased personnel.

Romanian Light Car Accidents To Be Settled Amiably, No Police Required As Of July ’09

13:42, 12 Nov. 2008
The amiable solution of traffic accidents resulting in mild damage could become operational on July 1, 2009, when the Insurance Surveillance Committee receives approval from the EU for the form on amiable acknowledgement.

Romanian Police Officers To Organize New Protests On Nov 22

14:48, 06 Nov. 2008
Romania’s National Police Officer Union "Pro Lex" members will take to the streets again on November 22, displeased with the faulty management applied by the Ministry of Interior and the fact that law and order laws and the police officer statute were not passed.

Ricochet Hits Police Woman In Brasov Confrontation, C. Romania

14:23, 25 Oct. 2008
One suspect and a woman police officer were shot as police tried to restore public order outside a restaurant in Brasov city, center Romania, authorities said Saturday.

Interim Romanian Police Chief Suspends Procurement Contract Pending Investigation Completion

15:02, 17 Oct. 2008
The interim chief of Romanian Police, Gheorghi Plai, said Friday that procedures have been unfolded for the suspension of the procurement contract targeting police cars, pending the completion of investigations by the National Anticorruption Department.

Romanian PM Sacks Chief Of Police Over Faulty Procurement Mgmt

09:58, 17 Oct. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu signed Thursday evening a decision dismissing Chief of Police, Gheorghe Popa, the government said in a statement.

Romanian Interior Min Asks PM To Sack Police Chief

19:30, 16 Oct. 2008
Romanian interior minister Cristian David asked Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu to dismiss the chief of Romanian Police, Gheorghe Popa, on grounds of faulty management in the unfolding of police car procurement.

Romanian Police Car Purchases Are Clean – Police Official

15:04, 15 Oct. 2008
The head of the Romanian Police (IGPR), Gheorghe Popa, said that, at his request, DGA, DGIPI, DIF, and SRI informed that there are no suspicions regarding the contracts for the purchase of police cars.

Bucharest Police Drug Raid Ends In 17 Arrests

14:54, 25 Sept. 2008
Seventeen members of the main drug ring in Bucharest were arrested under the charges of bringing in the country and distributing luxury drugs in Bucharest and in the counties Arges, Valcea, Dambovita, Prahova and Buzau.

Graffiti Artists Paint Bucharest Police Fence In Violence Prevention Campaign

11:40, 24 Sept. 2008
A group of graffiti artists will paint on panels surrounding the headquarters on the Bucharest Police Thursday starting noon, part of a violence prevention campaign, event organizers said.

Police Proceedings No Longer Required In Case Of Victimless Car Crashes As Of ‘09

17:13, 23 Sept. 2008
CASCO-insured Romanian drivers will be able to skip police proceedings from January 1, 2009 in case of traffic accidents resulting only in car damage, the country’s insurance regulator CSA said Tuesday.

Romanian Border Police Seizes 60,000 Packs Of Contraband Cigarettes

14:04, 06 Iun. 2008
Border police in Nadlac, in Romania’s western county of Arad, seized Thursday night this year’s biggest contraband cigarette transport. Police found 57,460 packs of cigarettes hidden in a truck going to Switzerland.

Police Officers In Cyprus Arrest Two Romanians In Pimping Case

18:24, 25 Mai 2008
Police officers in the city of Paphos, southwest of Cyprus, arrested two Romanian nationals and a Hungarian citizen under suspicions of involvement in pimping case, Cyprus Mail informed.

Police Camera Flashes Bring Patient Back To Life In SE Romania

14:57, 19 Mai 2008
An 84-year old woman from the southeastern Romanian town of Cernavoda was pronounced dead after suffering a stroke. Later, the flashes used by the police officers on the scene seemed to bother the deceased, who was soon found to be alive.

Romania, Italy Intensify Police Cooperation – Int Min

18:23, 17 Mai 2008
The Romanian authorities will send additional police officers to collaborate with the Italian law enforcement forces in bringing down crime levels, Interior Minister Cristian David said Saturday.

Police va susţine ultimul concert din cariera trupei

11:43, 07 Mai 2008
Trupa Police va susţine ultimul concert din cariera trupei, ce va avea loc la New York, la o dată ce va fi anunţată în august, au declarat membrii formaţiei, marţi, informează The Hollywood Reporter.

Romanian Interior Ministry Says Police Strike Is Uncalled-For

16:56, 10 Apr. 2008
The Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform sees as unjustified the protest march and rally planned by police officers for Saturday, given that talks with the protesters have already generated solutions for their claims.

Romanian Interior Min Demands Police Establish Clear COD In Crulic’s Case

18:38, 09 Apr. 2008
Romanian Interior Minister Cristian David requested the national Police take necessary action to “establish with certainty” the circumstances surrounding the death of Romanian Crulic Claudiu, who died in a Polish hospital following an ignored hunger strike.

Romanian Interior Min Regrets Protester Incidents

13:18, 05 Apr. 2008
Romanian interior minister Cristian David regrets the Wednesday events, when the anti-NATO protesters were raided by gendarmerie units, and added he will receive a detailed analysis on "the set of order and public safety measures" taken solely by ministry structures.

Romanian PM Requests Investigation On Protester Arrests

17:50, 04 Apr. 2008
Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu asked interior minister Cristian David to initiate an investigation on the manner in which police forces acted against the people who protested Wednesday in a Bucharest warehouse, official sources told MEDIAFAX.

Media Monitoring Agency Member To Sue Bucharest Police Commissioner Over Slander

13:45, 04 Apr. 2008
Razvan Martin, Program Officer with Romania’s Media Monitoring Agency, said Friday he will sue Bucharest Police spokesman Christian Ciocan over slanderous statements.

Romanian Fin Ministry Legal Adviser Caught Taking Bribe

15:45, 01 Apr. 2008
A legal adviser with the Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance was caught red-handed receiving RON5,000 from a man who was going to be evicted from his home, Bucharest police spokesman Christian Ciocan told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian Police Find 17 Pirate Radio Stations In Check-Up

14:42, 22 Mart. 2008
Romanian police along experts of the country’s communication watchdog ANRCTI searched 17 homes in capital city Bucharest Friday and found pirate radio stations, for which they opened criminal records, the police said Saturday.

Romanian Border Police Intercepts 41 Indian Aliens

15:49, 08 Mart. 2008
Northern Romania’s Maramures county border police officers, in collaboration with officers from the Romanian intelligence Service (SRI), caught, in the locality Tisa, 41 Indian citizens who entered the country illegally from Ukraine, crossing the river Tisa with an inflatable raft.

Human Rights Court Rules Against Romania For Ill-Treatment And Ethnic Discrimination

13:43, 05 Mart. 2008
The European Court of Human Rights, or ECHR, ruled against Romania for ill-treatment and racial discrimination, forcing the government to pay EUR15,000 to a boy of Roma origin, beaten by police in 2001, when he was 14.

Romania To Deploy 175 Troops To Kosovo

13:26, 23 Ian. 2008
Romania will send 175 police officers and gendarmes to a Kosovo region at European Union’s choice, President Traian Basescu said on Wednesday.

Romania Police Seized 2,304 Kg Narcotics, Hallucinogens In 2007

16:32, 22 Ian. 2008
The Romanian Police seized 2,304 kilograms of narcotics and hallucinogens in 2007, up 82% on year, the head of police Gheorghe Popa said Tuesday.

Romanian Interior Min Demands Crackdown On Street Violence

16:11, 22 Ian. 2008
Romanian interior minister Cristian David said Tuesday at the activity report meeting of the Romanian Police that police chiefs in cities with frequent gang wars and gang retaliations should “make room for someone better.”

Bucharest Court Evacuated After Bomb Threat Call

13:44, 11 Ian. 2008
The new and the old buildings housing the Bucharest Court were evacuated Friday at noon after a bomb threat from a man calling off a pre-paid mobile card, said commissioner Christian Ciocan, spokesman for the Bucharest Police.

Romanian Minister Reported Road Accident After Call From Police Commissioner

12:07, 20 Dec. 2007
Romanian transport minister Ludovic Orban reported his accident only after he was called by the police chief commissioner, who asked whether media reports about him being involved in a road accident were true, the interior Ministry spokesman told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Romania Backs Europe Sport Police

20:44, 07 Dec. 2007
Romanian sport officials on Friday discussed during a meeting of the National Committee against Violence in Sport a project initiated by EU regarding setting up a European police force to protect sport.

Romanian Police Squads Track Down Serial Rapist

21:31, 20 Nov. 2007
Bucharest’s police squads managed to catch serial rapist Ionut Catalin Stan, 23, following an investigation which revealed the rapes he committed and the fact that he had been released from prison before serving his sentence for robbery.