Laura Codruta Kovesi

DNA's Kovesi: INEC experts establish recording allegedly giving subordinate prosecutors orders, edited

Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi said on Wednesday evening that the National Forensic Report Institute (INEC) established upon examination that the recording in which she had allegedly given orders to subordinate prosecutors "to get to the premier" has undergone editing.

Top Romanian Anti-Graft Prosecutor Will Not Step Down

The chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anti-corruption Directorate, Laura Codruta Kovesi, stated Wednesday that she had no reason to relinquish her post, defending the work of the organization and her subordinates despite accusations of falsified evidence and witness intimidation from former MPs - some of whom have been impacted by the directorate's work.

DNA's Kovesi: This attack aims to bring Romanian state to its knees, humiliate society

Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi said on Wednesday that the latest attack on justice is not by chance, as it is designed to "bring the Romanian state to its knees and humiliate the society."

JusMin Toader: I will not notify Judiciary Inspectorate; I have DNA activity report ready

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader says he will not notify the Judiciary Inspectorate (IJ) about allegations concerning the activity of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), pointing out that he already has a report on this institution that he can present at any time.

Social Democrat head Dragnea: Increasingly more evidence emerges about parallel state's existence

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and head of the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea said on Monday that after the disclosures aired on the previous evening about the activity of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) and the Ploiesti territorial Service of the said agency, "increasingly more evidence emerges about the existence of the parallel state," and that if this i

DNA's Kovesi: We won't solve corruption issue just by arresting offenders; we need prevention measures

The National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) chief prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi, on Wednesday stated that the corruption problem won't be solved in Romania just by arresting offenders, sending public servants to trial or obtaining convictions for them, while adding that the investigative efforts of the prosecutors need to be doubled by prevention measures.

Romania Probes Anti-Graft Chief for Misconduct

Romania's Judicial inspectorate on Friday said that it had launched an investigation against the chief prosecutor of the country's National Anti-Corruption Directorate, Laura Codruta Kovesi, on grounds of misconduct.

The Judicial Inspectorate, the body that oversees magistrates, said investigators had submitted a request to the Higher Magistrates' Council to investigate Kovesi.

Weinstein Hired Same Firm That Spied on Romania's Kovesi

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who stands accused of sexual harassment and rape by scores of women, hired private investigators from an Israeli firm, whose agents were jailed in Romania for spying on the country's chief anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi, New Yorker magazine reported Tuesday.

Romanian Politicians Accuse Ambassadors of Interference

The Dutch embassy in Romania has stressed its support for the fight against corruption in the country, a day after two ruling coalition politicians accused one of its former ambassadors of lobbying for the appointment of Laura Codruta Kovesi as chief prosecutor of the powerful National Anticorruption Directorate in 2012.

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