Romania: Two former Agriculture Ministers get jail time in Romania for (...)

February 25, 2013

Two former Agriculture Ministers get jail time in Romania for trading influence
Feb 25, 2013

Two former Agriculture Ministers get jail time in Romania for trading influence.
Former Agriculture Ministers Decebal Traian Remeş and Ioan Avram Mureşan were recently sentenced to three years in jail without parole for trading influence. The court decision is final. Muresan has been already serving a seven – year jail sentence for embezzling funds in another file, since May (...)
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