Daniel Horodniceanu

Preparations for the next European Commission's evaluation mission under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (MCV) that reports on Romania's progress with judiciary reform and the fight against corruption were the objective of a meeting of the CVM board at the headquarters of the Justice Ministry (MJ).

Romania's Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar was on a working visit to Serbia, where a memorandum on transnational crime fighting cooperation between the two countries' prosecutor's offices was signed.

The chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate, the DNA, Laura Codruta Kovesi, on Tuesday accused Romania's Foreign Intelligence Service, SIE, of not sending the DNA any information about possible crimes abroad since she became head of the DNA.

Romania's Justice Minister Robert Cazanciuc on Tuesday is set to approve the nomination of Daniel Horodniceanu as chief prosecutor at the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism, DIICOT.

Justice Minister Robert Cazanciuc says Daniel Horodniceanu is the best possible nominee for the position of head prosecutor of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).

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