JusMin: Over 6,000 cases on drug trafficking initiated this year
Justice Minister Alina Gorghiu said on Wednesday that this year alone more than 6,000 criminal cases involving drug trafficking have been initiated, told Agerpres.
"These days we are facing in Romania an extremely sensitive issue: drug use and trafficking. Unfortunately, in recent times, the drug phenomenon has increased its global nature, and combating it requires the cooperation of all states. This is why Romania's National Drug Strategy for the period 2022 - 2026 states that it is necessary to interconnect the internal and external dimensions of Romania's drug policy. For us, it is an important challenge to combat drug trafficking and consumption and, first of all, to dismantle the organised crime networks operating in this area," said Gorghiu, in a press conference held at the end of her meeting in Chisinau with her Moldovan counterpart Veronica Mihailov-Moraru.
She said that the justice system was "fully determined" to act "with zero tolerance" against drug trafficking. "This year alone, investigations have started in over 6,000 cases involving drug trafficking. And we will continue to do so," the Minister of Justice said.