On 009.02.2022, approximately 80,800 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 33,600 means of transport (out of which 16,900 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 37,200 people with 15,100 means of transport, and on the exit direction 43,600 people with 18,500 means of transport.
The busiest borders have been:
- Border with Hungary - approximately 28,600 people and 16,500 means of transport;
- Air border - approximately 19,800 people;
- Border with Moldova - approximately 12,400 people and 4,900 means of transport;
- Border with Bulgaria - approximately 12,300 people and 8,600 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:
- 25 illegal acts (15 crimes and 10 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 2,500 lei;
- the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 14,500 lei;
- 30 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 11 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.
