Police officers and prosecutors in charge of the cases are conducting 397 searches nationwide on Thursday to combat economic and financial crime, judicial offences, offences involving firearms and offences involving forestry regulations, on the fourth day of Operation "Jupiter."
"The activities are being carried out as part of criminal cases in which investigations are under way into tax evasion, embezzlement, making false statements, forgery of private documents, abuse of office, breach of trust, forgery of official documents, unlawfully practising a profession or carrying out an activity, smuggling, fraud, theft, aggravated theft, handling stolen goods, fraudulently conducting financial transactions, illegally obtaining funds, money laundering, fraudulent management, fictitious transfer of shares, computer forgery, illegal access to a computer system, violation of privacy, trespassing on business premises, harassment and destruction," the press office of the Inspectorate General of the Romanian Police (IGPR) informed.
Investigations are also under way into offences involving failure to comply with firearms and ammunition regulations, animal cruelty, the intentional and unlawful killing of animals, the production, offering for sale and/or sale of wines and wine products while knowing that they are counterfeit or substituted, the production and possession, outside a tax warehouse, of excise goods in quantities exceeding the limit laid down by law, illegal tree felling, timber theft, the possession, use and sale of monofilament fishing nets, the disposal, possession and storage of waste outside authorised facilities and the burial of waste.
The actions also involve investigations into attempted murder, sexual assault of a minor, grooming of minors for sexual purposes, pandering, assault or other acts of violence.
Police officers and prosecutors are seeking to document the criminal activities of the individuals under investigation, recover the losses incurred and seize assets obtained through criminal activities or held illegally.
The individuals identified will be taken in for questioning, in view of taking the legal measures required in each case.
