When the Police is forced to take itself seriously, the first thing to do is to admit its disease. The Romanian underworld seems to have been shaken for two months or so. The public opinion is assailed by information and images of spectacular captures of procurers and prostitutes every day. Actions raging from night raids in the red-lighted suburbs of the big cities to extraordinary disclosures concerning the networks of the so-called "street" delinquency, among which the pocket thieves, car and housebreakers are present, too, have been on the spotlight these days. The protection tax collectors couldn't escape from the Police's actions under the name of the "Moon" Operation either. The aim of it seemed to be clear. The ordinary citizen must be persuaded that the Police are doing their duty and he can be surer of his safety from now on. We don't now yet what the majority says, that statistics entity always under pursue by such public actions. We are not sure of the outcomes of this widespread display of forces. The press is revealing a promotion show some use to say. It may be promotional but at least there is someone who does something about it, others say. The skeptic ones assume this tardy operation is being performed thanks to the coming electoral year. The criminal networks founded in the last ten years have become so powerful and complex that such kinds of actions, which can't last forever, are not such a big deal. Needless to say, the roots of the evil are to be seen behind the TV screen. The "victims" are not anything else than the small fish, the more exposed, the least dangerous criminals who get the smallest profits. There is no doubt about it. At last but not at least, it's about the Police's image involved here. An institution, in which nobody trusts any more, can't become either efficient or not. The Police have been unfortunately in this position for to