A German businessman and a director of programs at OTV television are suspected of being part of a network of male prostitution that used children also and that they have connections with an Asian group that smuggled 600 million dollars from Romania. Elsewhere in the news, Romanians were in top 10 at the poker championship Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria. All newspapers read about the opening of two new subway stations in Bucharest. Also in Bucharest, three days of music festival start today.
Romania libera reads about the suspicions of prosecutors over a German businessman and a director of programs at OTV television that they are involved in a network of male prostitution that uses children also. Moreover, one of the companies owned by the German businessman, Klaus Zander was offering customs aid for an Asian group accused of smuggling 600 million dollars from Romania.
Doru Iuga, a director of programs at OTV television was brought for questioning by Bucharest police officers. According to the first information, Zander was leader of the criminal network and Iuga, one of the clients. Prosecutors will have to establish whether Iuga had sex with minors and whether he was aware that some of his sex partners were minors. It all started with the investigation of a suspicious death of a 11 year old boy who was found dead and sexually abused in a forest nearby Bucharest.
Evenimentul Zilei reads that Romanians are in top 10 at the poker championship Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria. Seven Romanians are in the finals of the championship organized in Bulgaria, a country that involves in developing tourism dedicated to gambling. The fifth and sixth positions were occupied by Romanians Stefan Ciuca and Popescu Gabrie Petrica.
Romania had the most representatives (10) followed by Bulgaria with 8, Poland with 4, Germany with 3, Lithuania with