Two persons were caught red-handed by the officers within the General Anticorruption Directorate based on the information provided by the border policemen

Based on the information given by the border policemen, the officers within the General Anticorruption Directorate caught red-handed two persons, a Romanian and a Hungarian citizen, who offered 100 Euro as bribe, respectively 79.700 Forints, in order not to obey the law.

On 06.05.2009, a citizen of Moisei locality was caught red-handed by the officers within the General Anticorruption Directorate - Territorial Anticorruption Service in Cluj-Napoca, under the coordination of the appointed prosecutor from the Prosecutor’s Office within Maramures Court and with the support of the General Direction for Information and Internal Protection, while he was trying to offer 100 Euro to a police agent within the County Inspectorate of Border Police Maramures - Border Police Sector of Viseu de Sus, so that the border policeman would not draw up criminal file on his name for driving a vehicle without holding a driving license.
Thus, on 03.05.2009, the border policemen within the County Inspectorate of Border Police Maramures stopped at the entry in Moisei locality, an "Audi" vehicle, registered abroad, driven by the Romanian citizen Stefan H., aged 28, domiciled in Maramures County.
On the occasion of checking the documents of the vehicle, it was ascertained that the driver did not hold a driving license.
While the investigations were being carried out, the driver promised the border policemen the amount of 100 Euro so that the latter would not draw up a criminal file.
The border policeman informed immediately his superiors, who announced the employees within the General Anticorruption Directorate - Territorial Anticorruption Service in Cluj-Napoca for setting up and carrying out the flagrant.
On 06.05.2009, Stefan H. was caught when he was offering the amount of 100 Euro to the border policemen for determining him not to draw up a criminal file.
As a result of the flagrant, the person concerned is being investigated for committing the crime of bribe offering, by the prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office within Maramures Court, on his name was issued the order for 24 hours detainment, following to be presented to Maramures Court with the proposal of detention on remand.

As a result of an information provided by an officer within County Inspectorate of Border Police in Satu Mare to the General Anticorruption Directorate - Territorial Anticorruption Service in Oradea, a Hungarian citizen was caught red-handed by the officers within the General Anticorruption Directorate in Satu Mare when he was offering 79.700 Forints as bribe to the border policeman.
On 06.05.2009, the border policemen within the Bureau for Countering Cross-border Crime of County Inspectorate of Border Police in Satu Mare carried out an activity in the field of countering illegal trafficking with excisable goods. Within this action, in Botiz locality, the border policemen stopped for checking, an Opel Omega vehicle registered in Hungary. The car was driven by the Hungarian citizen, Tamas S., accompanied by another Hungarian citizen, Gyula B., aged 38.
Having suspicions that inside the vehicle might be hidden in special places, products subject to excise duty, the vehicle and the two Hungarian citizens were taken to the County Inspectorate of Border Police in Satu Mare in order to carry out a thorough check.
As a result of the check, the border policemen discovered in the back bumper, a hand made device with a pressure valve which was apparently leading to the fuel tank. Gyula B. stated that he borrowed the vehicle from a relative and that the hand made device leads to a tank in which there were 150 liters of ethyl alcohol, which he intended to transport to Hungary.
The Hungarian citizen Gyula B. offered the amount of 79.700 Forints to a border policeman so that the latter would not fulfill his duties and would not take the appropriate legal measures.
The officer reported to the leading staff of C.I.B.P. in Satu Mate regarding the appeared situation, who informed the employees within General Anticorruption Directorate in Satu Mare, and under the coordination of the prosecutor from the Prosecutor’s Office within Satu Mare Court, they proceeded for setting up and carrying out the flagrant. Thus, Gyula B. Was caught while offering 79.700 Forints as bribe to the investigation officer, to determine him to disobey his duties.
Against the Hungarian citizen Gyula B. the Prosecutor’s Office within Satu Mare Court disposed the preventive measure of forbidding the exit of the country and Satu Mare locality for a period of five days; in this case the investigations are carried on by the Prosecutor’s Office within Satu Mare Court.

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