A Romanian cop was paid to sell information to dealers. Elsewhere in the news, Romania risks losing its vestiges from Rosia Montana gold mine region. Last but not least, South Romania is one of EU's region where underground waters are high in nitrates.
A Romanian cop was paid to sell information to dealers, Gandul reads. Commissar Florea Farcasanu from Bucharest's Sector 4 Anti-drug Service has been retained by his colleagues and the Romanian Authority for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) for selling information to criminal clan Spoitoru. His monthly reward: 600 euros. On realising he was suspected, he started the procedures for medical retirement.
Colleagues say that for just over a year, since he joined them, all missions targeting drug dealers were failing. They realised they had a traitor amongst them and started the investigations. On Tuesday, eight days before medical retirement, he was arrested on the street. Judicial sources told Gandul that drug dealers admitted in court that the policeman was being paid for selling information to them. Danut Spoitoru, the leader of the clan, is allegedly the one to have turned him in.
Farcasanu risks being accused of corruption by the Romanian National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA). For the moment, he is being held in preventive arrest. Last year, 340 Interior Ministry staff have been accused and investigated by DNA. 41 condemnation. have been ruled so far. Out of the 340 investigated, 68 have leading roles.
Romania risks losing its vestiges from Rosia Montana gold mine region, Evenimentul Zilei reads. Should the exploitation go through, it would destroy not only several mountains, but also archaeological vestiges with major importance for the world patrimony. According to scientific researcher Mircea Babes from Vasile Parvan Archeologic Institute, 99% of
