On 21.01.2022, approximately 102,100 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 36,800 means of transport (out of which 15,200 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 42,000 people with 16,600 means of transport, and on the exit direction 60,100 people with 20,200 means of transport.
The busiest borders have been:
- Border with Hungary - approximately 42,500 people and 19,800 means of transport;
- Air border - approximately 24,800 people;
- Border with Bulgaria - approximately 14,700 people and 9,000 means of transport;
- Border with Moldova - approximately 13,000 people and 4,600 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:
- 27 illegal acts (13 crimes and 14 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 11,716,900 lei;
- the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 7,100 lei;
- 27 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 8 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.
