The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) on Friday informed that that there are no cases in which it conducted operative monitoring of pending criminal cases. According to a press statement released by SRI, these clarifications are made in response to media requests of late.
"This position comes as a result of the openness of the Service to the public opinion and the idea of transparency embraced by the SRI leadership, and also not to encourage polemic with those who spread allegations in the public space. As regards cooperation between SRI and the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), we want to make it very clear that SRI has no authority to monitor criminal files but it has a legal obligation to inform criminal prosecution bodies about the commission of crimes. There are no instances in which SRI has monitored from an operative point of view criminal cases pending before the courts, at any level," reads the SRI statement.