On 13.02.2022, approximately 112,000 people, Romanian and foreign citizens, carried out the control formalities through the border points at the level of the entire country with over 33,700 means of transport (out of which 11,100 were trucks). On the entrance direction there were approximately 50,600 people with 14,800 means of transport, and on the exit direction 61,400 people with 18,900 means of transport.
The busiest borders have been:
- Border with Hungary - approximately 30,000 people and 16,700 means of transport;
- Air border - approximately 31,600 people;
- Border with Bulgaria - approximately 14,700 people and 8,200 means of transport;
- Border with Moldova - approximately 11,700 people and 5,100 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:
- 35 illegal acts (19 crimes and 16 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 453,200 lei;
- the value of the applied contravention fines amounts to over 6,300 lei;
- 29 foreign citizens were not allowed to enter the country, who did not meet the conditions provided by law and also 9 Romanian citizens were not allowed to leave for various legal reasons.
