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Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar on Wednesday stated that, in 2017, the prosecutors instrumented 1,752,067 case files, out of which they managed to solve 533,040, 58,839 defendants being sent to trial.
The general prosecutor showed that, in 2017, the prosecutors had 1,752,067 case files to deal with, out of which they solved 533,040, sending 59,839 defendants to trial (some 3,882 of which were minors). Out of the total number of defendants, 6,092 were held into custody.
Out of the total number of defendants sent to trial, 20,380 committed crimes against safety on public roads, more than a half driving under the influence of alcohol or other substances.
Moreover, 1,036 defendants were definitively acquitted.
