In January 2009 the border policemen ascertained 1.767 illegal acts: 627 crimes and 1.140 offences.
Most of the crimes were registered in the field of illegal migration, smuggling with consumer goods and trafficking in drugs. According to the categories, the situation is as follows:
forgery and use of forgery: 126 acts; crossing or attempt to cross the state border illegally: 125 acts; economic-financial crimes: 50 acts; trafficking in drugs: 13 acts; infringement of the weapons and ammunition regime: 12 acts; trafficking in human beings: 10 acts; people smuggling (facilitation): 9 acts; stolen vehicles: 6 acts; other crimes: 276 acts.Regarding the most "active" border from a criminal point of view, the border with Hungary is still on the first place, with 160 acts, followed by the border with Ukraine, with 124 acts and the border with Bulgaria, with 119.
Taking into account the citizenship, the persons, who committed crimes and for whom the border policemen drew up criminal files, were both Romanians and foreigners, out of which, most of them originated from the Republic of Moldova, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine etc.
Also, during this period, the border policemen detected 32 general wanted persons and, according to the legal provisions, they were handed over to the authorities in order to take the legal measures.
In January 2009, in the field of ascertaining and sanctioning the offence acts, 1.140 sanctions with fines amounting to approximately 391.000 lei were imposed.
The Romanian Border Police will continue to undertake firm measures in all its competence areas in order to detect and detain the persons who commit illegal acts, for the purpose of ensuring the national security and citizen safety.