On 12.11.2021, approximately 99,500 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 34,300 means of transport (out of which 14,100 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 46,700 people with 17,000 means of transport, and on the exit direction 52,800 people with 17,300 means of transport.
The busiest borders have been:
- Air border - approximately 32,100 people;
- Border with Hungary - approximately 31,200 people and 16,000 means of transport;
- Border with Moldova - approximately 15,400 people and 6,000 means of transport.
The border police are working at the maximum capacity allowed by the infrastructure of the crossing points. We recommend to the traffic participants the transit of all points open to international traffic, so as to avoid the occurrence of overloads of only some of them.
Information on the situation of border points open to international traffic can be found on the online Traffic application which can be accessed at http://www.politiadefrontiera.ro/traficonline/.
Regarding the specific activities, in the areas of competence - the crossing points and the “green border” - the border guards found:
- 65 illegal acts (39 crimes and 26 contraventions) committed by both Romanian and foreign citizens;
- undeclared goods (which were to be illegally introduced into the country) were discovered, independently or in collaboration with other institutions), which exceeded the customs allowed limit or suspected to be counterfeit, in a total value of approximately 374,200 lei;
- the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 11,900 lei;
- 19 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 10 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.
