On 10.02.2022, approximately 92,200 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 35,200 means of transport (out of which 16,000 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 43,800 people with 17,900 means of transport, and on the exit direction 48,400 people with 17,300 means of transport.
The busiest borders have been:
- Border with Hungary - approximately 35,600 people and 17,400 means of transport;
- Air border - approximately 20,700 people;
- Border with Moldova - approximately 14,600 people and 5,900 means of transport;
- Border with Bulgaria - approximately 12,400 people and 8,500 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:
- 62 illegal acts (28 crimes and 34 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 108,800 lei;
- the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 60,600 lei;
- 103 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.
