Anticorruption prosecutors take into custody National Integrity Agency head

Prosecutors of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) have taken into custody on Monday Horia Georgescu, the head of the National Integrity Agency (ANI).

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Georgescu has been transferred to the detention facility of the Bucharest Police.

Prosecutors now have 24 hours to take Georgescu before a court that has to decide whether to place him under arrest pending trial for up to 30 days.

Asked by attending journalists if he has accepted bribes, Georgescu answered: 'Never.'

ANI is the authority responsible for checking the compatibility and declarations of assets of Romanian public officials.AGERPRES