by Dan lonescu CITING WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION AMONG justice officials, the head of the Romanian police force, Lieutenant-General Ion Pitulescu, tendered his resignation in mid-February. At a Bucharest press conference, he chronicled incidents of crime and corruption covered up by overly lenient magistrates and said that notorious criminals had been set free or released on bail under various pretenses, including hospitalization […]
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