Will not a secret service subordinate to MI (Interior Ministry) end by masking the big corruption, the paid "price" being that of affecting part of the small one, for the sake of public opinion? "We are not a charity society (…). Either we calm down and become honest, or we accept the big grease, we have to make a choice". You're so wrong if you imagine that this is some gangsters' talk fragment. We wish it were. This is a statement made at a meeting of some civil servants of the customs Giurgiu, recently considered to be, from an European point of view, the most important in Romania as far as smuggling is concerned. But do not fancy this "picture" in Giurgiu is an isolated one. According to a study made in Romania and funded by the World Bank, corruption in our country diminish the annual income in our country at the state budget with at least 20 per cent. Which means about 30,000 billion lei, i.e. almost the double of the sums allocated directly from the state budget to Education and Health all together. A simple calculation shows that the complete eradication in Romania would bring to Romania an economic development of almost 3 percentages, that is the economic development brought by the whole governing program of Premier Mugur Isarescu in 2000 doubled. The current government seems to know these figures and, until the contrary is proved, he seems to want to act consequently. The first step has already been announced with all afferent media fuss: the creation of an adequate legislation for policemen and for the actions of the Interior Ministry. The governmental injunction referring to the MI organization, recently sent to the Parliament, shows that there will be two essential modifications: introducing secret agents and legislation for their protection, as well as increased powers for UM 0962, the intelligence service of MI. These are, at least, the official motiva