Ascultă Radio România Actualitaţi Live

Reuters: Liviu Dragnea under investigation in Brazil

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether Dragnea and others have used illicit funds to buy property in Brazil through interceptors, a prosecutor says.

Reuters: Liviu Dragnea under investigation in Brazil
Liviu Dragnea at the DNA headquarters. Photo: Agerpres.

Articol de RADOR, 09 Martie 2018, 16:03

Leader of Romania’s ruling Social Democrats and Speaker of Chamber of Deputies, Liviu Dragnea, is under investigation in Brazil on suspicion of money laundering, a Brazilian prosecutor was quoted on Friday as saying.

An online investigative reporting platform, Rise Project, quoted Brazilian federal prosecutor Carlos Wagner Barbosa Guimaraes as saying Brazilian authorities were investigating whether Dragnea and others had used ill-gotten funds to buy beach properties in the country through third parties.

Asked about the report, Dragnea, who keeps a tight grip on his party and is seen as effectively in charge of Romania’s government, said it was false. “We talked about this topic in 2017. They (Rise Project) have reheated the soup, but I am not eating it,” said Dragnea, who is barred from becoming Romania’s prime minister by a suspended jail sentence imposed on him in a vote rigging case.

Rise Project, which is a member of the cross-border Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project of investigative journalists, also quoted Barbosa Guimaraes as saying the Brazilian investigation had started after Romanian prosecutors had asked for help in mid-2017.

Dragnea is currently on trial in Romania in an abuse of office case and is also under investigation in a separate case on suspicion of forming a criminal group to siphon off cash from state projects, some of them EU-funded..

Dragnea has denied all charges of wrongdoing, including in the earlier vote rigging case, where he said the verdict was politically motivated. Transparency International ranks Romania among the European Union’s most corrupt states.

Brussels, which keeps Romania’s justice system under special monitoring, has praised magistrates for their efforts to curb graft. At the start of 2017, attempts by the ruling coalition to weaken anti-corruption legislation triggered Romania’s biggest protests in decades.

Source:RRA,RADOR,Reuters

The Senate will debate draft amendments to the military pensions law
News in English 04 Noiembrie 2024, 19:02

The Senate will debate draft amendments to the military pensions law

The Senate will debate, as a decision-making body, the draft amendment to the law on military pensions: first in the Defense...

The Senate will debate draft amendments to the military pensions law
International driving license
News in English 03 Noiembrie 2024, 14:52

International driving license

From mid-October, people who need an international driver's license can apply for it at the Driving License and Vehicle...

International driving license
Romanian Foreign Minister confident Moldova will join the EU
News in English 03 Noiembrie 2024, 14:51

Romanian Foreign Minister confident Moldova will join the EU

The Romanian Foreign Minister is confident that the Republic of Moldova will remain firmly anchored on the European path and...

Romanian Foreign Minister confident Moldova will join the EU
The organization of the referendum with the presidential elections in the capital
News in English 01 Noiembrie 2024, 20:23

The organization of the referendum with the presidential elections in the capital

The organization of the referendum in the capital at the same time as the presidential elections is facing organizational and...

The organization of the referendum with the presidential elections in the capital
Metrorex collective contract negotiations continue
News in English 01 Noiembrie 2024, 20:22

Metrorex collective contract negotiations continue

Negotiations between Metrorex management and trade unionists yesterday at the Ministry of Transport headquarters ended...

Metrorex collective contract negotiations continue
950 polling stations will be open abroad for presidential and parliamentary elections
News in English 31 Octombrie 2024, 16:46

950 polling stations will be open abroad for presidential and parliamentary elections

950 polling stations will be open abroad for this year's presidential and parliamentary elections, announces the...

950 polling stations will be open abroad for presidential and parliamentary elections
The electoral campaign for parliamentary elections officially begins
News in English 31 Octombrie 2024, 16:45

The electoral campaign for parliamentary elections officially begins

The electoral campaign for parliamentary elections officially starts at midnight. Parties, alliances or independents vying...

The electoral campaign for parliamentary elections officially begins
Six of the 22 Romanian citizens reported missing in the floods in Spain are safe, MFA says
News in English 31 Octombrie 2024, 16:44

Six of the 22 Romanian citizens reported missing in the floods in Spain are safe, MFA says

Six Romanian citizens out of the 22 missing persons reported after the floods in Spain are safe, informs the Romanian...

Six of the 22 Romanian citizens reported missing in the floods in Spain are safe, MFA says