NAC Synthesis: Convictions in the BEM case, seizures of over 1.2 million lei applied by CARA and 6 companies, awarded the Integrity Trophy

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) has announced the synthesis of the activities of its subdivisions during the period 2-6 June. Thus, during the reporting period, the Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (ARBI) of the NAC applied seizures on illicit assets worth over 1.2 million lei. These were frozen based on the delegations of the General Inspectorate of Border Police (IGPF) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Among the seized assets are 4 agricultural lands, 2 means of transport, one residential and one non-residential premises.
In the area of combating corruption, the court found two administrators guilty of committing the crimes of fraud and money laundering on a particularly large scale in the "Banca de Economii" case, administered by the NAC and anti-corruption prosecutors. They were sentenced to 15 and, respectively, 8 years and 6 months in prison and ordered to pay approximately 85 million lei. At the moment, 9 people, targeted in the Centre’s cases, are arrested and detained in penitentiary institutions.
In the area of corruption prevention, the Legislation Directorate finalized and submitted to the authors 22 expert reports and 3 opinions on draft normative acts. Also last week, 6 private companies were awarded the Integrity Trophy by the NAC for implementing integrity standards. 6 anti-corruption trainings were organized for about 800 people, an operational analysis was conducted and 94 integrity records were cleared.
57 calls were received at the national anti-corruption hotline, and 1770 materials were registered in the NAC Chancellery.