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14:45, 24.12.2023

35 actions to dismantle criminal groups specialized in human and drug trafficking, December 8-12 (IGPR)

35 actions to dismantle criminal groups specialized in human and drug trafficking, December 8-12 (IGPR)

Police officers with the organized crime units, together with the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) prosecutors, carried out, December 8-21, as many as 35 operational actions…




22:15, 19.09.2023

Justice Minister: Fight against trafficking psychoactive substances must be waged with all our forces

Justice Minister: Fight against trafficking psychoactive substances must be waged with all our forcesJustice Minister Alina Gorghiu said on Tuesday, after Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism…




10:05, 14.09.2023

Searches to find drug suppliers to private parties, in Bucharest and sea coast

Searches to find drug suppliers to private parties, in Bucharest and sea coastAnti-drug officers are carrying out, on Thursday, 11 house searches in Bucharest, in two cases concerning drug suppliers at private…




15:45, 01.08.2023

DIICOT prosecutes group that sells drugs to students on Sweet Grass platform with 11,000 members

The Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has prosecuted 16 defendants accused of creating a group on a messaging platform under the name "Sweet Grass", with 11,000 members,…




19:50, 06.07.2023

Dragos Pislaru (REPER) requests immediate dismissal of ministers Gabriela Firea and Marius Budai

The co-chairman of the REPER party, Dragos Pislaru, has requested Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to immediately dismiss Ministers Gabriela Firea and Marius Budai."Following the investigations that appeared in the…




08:41, 02.05.2023

A British and a Slovak, detected in southeastern Mamaia resort selling risk, high-risk drugs

A British citizen and a Slovak citizen were detected by police on Sunday at a festival in the southeastern seaside resort of Mamaia, while allegedly offering for sale risk and high-risk drugs, subsequently being…




15:20, 06.04.2023

One arrested, another one investigated under judicial control in Genesis Market case

The Bucharest Court ordered a Romanian hacker in a 30-day pre-trial arrest and another one under judicial control for allegedly using information from Genesis Market, a notorius platform for the sale of account…




14:41, 01.04.2023

IGPR: Nearly 100 arrest warrants issued between 16-29 March in actions to dismantle organised crime

Nearly 100 arrest warrants and dozens of preventive arrest warrants were issued between 16 and 29 March, following actions aimed at dismantling organised criminal groups, the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police…




20:36, 23.03.2023

JusMin sends President proposals for PG, DNA leadership; Albu's interview for DIICOT to be resumed

Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu announced on Thursday that he has forwarded to President Klaus Iohannis his proposals for the appointment of Alex-Florin Florenta as Prosecutor General and Marius Ionut Voineag…




20:35, 15.03.2023

DIICOT prosecutors are investigating case of elderly people in the USA, robbed by Romanian theft ring

Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) prosecutors carried out seven searches in the southern town of Ramnicu Valcea to catch members of a theft ring who robbed dozens of elderly people…




15:20, 08.02.2023

Value of impounded assets by organised crime prosecutors in 2022, up eight times from 2021

Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) Oana Daniela Patu, who is also in charge of DIICOT, said on Wednesday that in 2022 the total value of impounded…




20:00, 26.01.2023

Romanian Police, Europol, FBI dismantle HIVE ransomware group

The Romanian Police, together with the Department for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), Europol, the German, Dutch and US authorities, have contributed to the dismantling of an HIVE ransomware…




15:06, 06.04.2022

Investigation starts in Romania in online contract killing facilitation ring

Prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) and officers of its Cybercrime Combat Service (DCCO) carried out on Wednesday seven home searches in the counties of Gorj…




09:10, 24.11.2021

Police, crime busters conducting 457 searches, serving 367 arrest warrants on wide mission

Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terror (DIICOT) prosecutors and the Romanian Police, with support from the Gendarmerie, conducted 47 missions on Wednesday morning for the disbandment of organised…




16:35, 18.11.2021

Large quantities of illicit drugs from Spain brought to Romania via delivery companies

Prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) have apprehended four drug traffickers accused of importing from Spain into Romania several packages containing considerable…




16:00, 04.10.2021

Three youngsters from Mehedinti County caught harvesting their own cannabis plants

Three young people, aged between 25 and 30, are being investigated for dangerous drugs trafficking, as they were caught red-handed by the police of the Service for Combating Organized Crime in Mehedinti, together…




13:30, 23.09.2021

Prosecutors seize documents from City Insurance

Prosecutors with the General Prosecutor's Office on Thursday morning were seizing documents from the City Insurance company's headquarters, as part of a criminal case opened following a complaint filed by the Financial…




10:45, 02.09.2021

JusMin Ion: I have received hints that selecting chief prosecutors should be done by someone else

Justice Minister Stelian Ion said on Thursday that he received suggestions that "it is not okay" for him to coordinate the selection of candidates for these chief prosecutor positions, as that should be done by…




11:15, 26.05.2021

Police conduct searches in Bucharest City, counties of Ilfov, Prahova related to blackmail, violent debt collection

The Bucharest Police under the coordination of Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), are executing today 17 search warrants and 16 arrest warrants, in Bucharest City and the counties…




19:55, 16.04.2021

Bucharest Court of Appeal grants protester's request, orders reopening of August 10 rally case

The Bucharest Court of Appeal ordered today the reopening of the investigation against the former Gendarmerie heads in the August 10 rally case, after granting the complaint filed by a protester. Plaintiff Ioan…




21:11, 03.03.2021

Protest in front of Bucharest Tribunal after decision to reject reopening of investigation in 'August 10' case

Several dozens of people are protesting in front of the Bucharest Tribunal following the court's decision to reject the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT)'s request to reopen the…




16:00, 01.03.2021

Manager of Iasi Opera House, Beatrice Rancea, brought to DIICOT for hearings

Beatrice Rancea, manager of the Romanian National Opera House in Iasi, has been taken by the police from home and brought to the DIICOT headquarters in Iasi for hearings, as part of an investigation into financial…




13:40, 01.03.2021

Searches in Bucharest, Iasi, in fraud and forgery file involving the Iasi Opera House (sources)

DIICOT (Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism) prosecutors - the Iasi Territorial Service and judicial police officers on Monday morning conducted 26 home searches in Bucharest and Iasi as…




21:10, 26.02.2021

JusMin: Criminal groups must be hit where hurts them the most, in their money flows

The Minister of Justice, Stelian Ion, on Friday, on the occasion of the presentation of DIICOT's (Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism) activity report for 2020, that criminal groups "must…




18:40, 21.02.2021

Romanian police announce extradition to US of member of feared Mexican drug cartel

A member of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, one of Mexico's most powerful and violent crime gangs, was extradited from Romania to the US, the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police (IGPR) announced on…




16:16, 02.02.2021

Robert Fleckhammer, delegated as DIICOT section chief prosecutor, despite opposition by several NGOs

The Prosecutor's Section of the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) decided on Tuesday to delegate Robert Fleckhammer as chief prosecutor of the Section for Combating Crimes of Terrorism and Cybercrime of the…




13:05, 20.11.2020

Leader of Bucharest Hells Angels biker club, two New Zealanders remanded over cocaine trafficking

Marius Lazar, leader of the Bucharest Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC), and New Zealanders Michael Matthews Murray and Marc Patrick Johnson were remanded in custody for 30 days following a decision of the Bucharest…




17:10, 22.10.2020

MAI's Vela: 372 organised crime rings dismantled since the beginning of the year

The police and prosecutors have managed to dismantle 372 criminal rings since the beginning of the year, following complex activities to prevent and combat crime, Interior Minister Marcel Vela said on Thursday.…




11:20, 13.10.2020

Police conduct raids in million-euro embezzlement case

Organised Crime Police officers under the coordination of a prosecutor with the Department for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) on Tuesday conducted searches at several addresses in Timisoara…




21:20, 24.09.2020

Giorgiana Hosu resigns as head of DIICOT

Giorghiana Hosu has resigned as chief-prosecutor of the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism, the Ministry of Justice informed on Thursday evening.