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The head of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA), chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi says that the bribes in cases prosecuted in 2015 amount to 431 million euros, a figure comparable with the budget foreseen to co-finance Romania's motorways programme for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Final sentences obtained by the anti-corruption prosecutors resulted in 200 million euros waiting to be recovered by tax enforcement officials.
The DNA had 11,000 cases, twice as many compared to five years ago. Anti-corruption prosecution was carried out, on average, by 97 prosecutors, for an average of more than 110 cases each. Currently, there are 7,100 open cases, or twice the number that could be closed within one year.
The DNA's judicial activity was covered by 33 prosecutors, with more than 14,700 participations in court sessions. The number of cases with final sentences pronounced in less than one year has grown by more than 60pct, while the acquittals dropped to 7.63pct.
Kovesi's team has sent more than 110 letters rogatory in 2015, and the resulting evidence shows, according to the chief prosecutor, that no criminal should feel safe, no matter where they hide their money. AGERPRES
