All newspapers read about media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu's arrest. One paper reads about the secrets in his file. Another comments that the Realitatea news television, owned by the mogul works hard without him. Last but not least, find out with whom does he share his cell and who were cell mates of famous businessman arrested so far like football owner Gigi Becali, Voicu, Diaconescu or Patriciu.
Romania libera wonders why the businessman and media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu risked naming names on the telephone even though he knew he was being followed by authorities. In Jakarta, Indonesia, a security officer chosen by Vantu monitored Nicolae Popa, to make sure that he did not do jail as he can testify in two important cases where Vantu is also involved.
Who is “the general” who made sure that Nicolae is safe and who is ”the chief” who, for 6 million euro could keep Nicolae from being repatriated. These are two of the most important questions that raise the transcripts of the phone conversations.
According to sources, the general, is a former Securitate officer chosen by Vantu to make sure Popa is protected where he goes. However, prosecutors refused to name the general. It seems that this general was very important to Vantu as he paid him monthly.
The scope was to keep Popa from being found and from turning himself in, like Maria Vlas. Vlas claimed that Vantu was the initiator, coordinator and beneficiary of the 3,000 billion old Romanian lei taken through companies like FNI and FNA that tricked many people and left thousands of hundreds without revenues.
At the time, Vantu escaped prison because Popa escaped the country and Vlas's declarations against him were not enough. One serious reason to be concerned whether Popa is protected is that in five years, the file would have been prescribed and Vantu could avo
