The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) decided to suspend the execution of the sentence in the case of former head of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) Alina Bica, in the case in which she was prosecuted for committing the offense of favoring the offender and convicted to 4 years in prison.
On June 26, Alina Bica was finally sentenced by the magistrates of the Supreme Court to four years in prison with execution in the case in which she was accused of favoring the offender.
In the same file, former Minister of Economy Adriean Videanu was acquitted by the Supreme Court judges.
In November 2016, Alina Bica was sentenced at first instance to four years in prison with execution for committing the offense of favoring the offender, and was acquitted for two offenses of abuse of office and another of favoring the offender. In the same case, Adriean Videanu was acquitted for the crime of complicity in abuse of office.