The Romanian judicial authorities have admitted that, one month ago, the British investigators asked them to cooperate for the investigation of the "frigate errand". The Georges, arrested in London, have cashed in only one of the 7 million pounds offered as bribe in the purchasing of the battle-ships. The other six millions are being looked for in the bank accounts of several Romanian politicians.
The Romanian authorities have confirmed yesterday the corruption deal that took place between Bucharest and London. The Police and the Prosecutorsâ Office have admitted to have received the request for judicial assistance from Great Britain which concerns a great corruption case regarding the purchase of the "King Ferdinand" and "queen Mary" frigates.
The deal with the secret errands paid by the British company BAE Systems for the modernization contract of the two second-hand frigates purchased from Romania has put a bomb under the Romanian and British politicians. We remind that, in yesterdayâs issue, Jurnalul National has presented the exclusive article that read about the fact that British businessperson Barry George, the BAE Systems adviser in the frigates deal, and his wife, Romanian Georgiana George, have been arrested during a SFO operation. The British agency investigates two secret errands, with a total value of seven million pounds, paid by BAE Systems to the Georges and to another person, which is supposed to be a high Romanian official. In this context, we have to remind that, according to our sources, SFO has confiscated the documents in the house of the Georges in Chelsea and found 25,000 euros cash in the same place. Yesterday afternoon, SFO was supposed to ask for the legal confiscation of this sum, based on a law that validates the confiscation of the goods and sums of money that come from criminal activities. Yesterdayâs issue of "The Gua
