On 08.01.2022, approximately 228,000 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 61,500 means of transport (out of which 9,850 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 55,800 people with 15,400 means of transport, and on the exit direction 172,200 people with 46,100 means of transport.
The busiest borders have been:
- Border with Hungary - approximately 147,500 people and 46,500 means of transport;
- Air border - approximately 42,000 people;
- Border with Moldova - approximately 17,000 people and 5,000 means of transport;
- Border with Bulgaria - approximately 16,800 people and 7,900 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:
- 13 illegal acts (9 crimes and 4 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 17,750 lei;
- 21 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 17 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.
