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Three of Romania’s great fugitives: Dragoș Săvulescu, sentenced to five and a half years in prison, Mario Iorgulescu, sent to trial after causing an accident that resulted in the death of a young man and former DIICOT chief, Alina Bica, sentenced to four years in prison. prison. – you are in Italy, where you are trying to prevent the extradition procedure in Romania, through legal actions. In the case of Dragoș Săvulescu, the Italian court rejected the European arrest warrant issued by the Bucharest Court of Appeal. “I do not hide my disappointment with the court’s decision. The Italian Justice Minister can listen,” Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu said on Tuesday.
Predoiu presented, at a press conference, the situation of some famous people sentenced to prison and who fled Romania to escape from prison. Three of them, Dragoș Săvulescu, Mario Iorgulescu and Alina Bica, are in Italy, where they are trying to prevent extradition proceedings in court.
In the case of Dragoș Săvulescu, in whose name there was an arrest warrant issued by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, the Naples Court of Appeal rejected the execution of the order, recognized the sentence handed down by the Romanian court, ordered the execution of the sentence in Italy and suspended the execution of the sentence. said Cătălin Predoiu.
“I do not hide my disappointment with such an approach, with the decision of the court. The Italian Minister of Justice can listen,” said Cătălin Predoiu.
Currently, there are 109 active extradition cases, in which Romania is a requesting state.
Status of European arrest warrants:
- 1. The European arrest warrant issued by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, Criminal Section I, in relation to Aurel Gabriel Popoviciu, located in Great Britain. The British court ordered the surrender on July 12, 2019. The person sought filed an appeal. The appeal was declared admissible. Today the Ministry of Justice was informed that, most likely, the appeal hearings will begin on March 15, 2021. In August 2017, businessman Puiu Popoviciu was definitively sentenced to 7 years in prison in the Ferma Băneasa case.
- 2. The European arrest warrant of June 6, 2016 issued by the Bucharest Court of Appeal by Alexander Bogdan Adamescu, located in Great Britain. The British court ordered the surrender, the appeal of the person sought was dismissed. Adamescu asked permission to ask a question to the Supreme Court of Great Britain and it cannot be delivered until this request is resolved. In April 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected as inadmissible Alexander Bogdan Adamescu’s complaint regarding the arrest warrant issued at the request of DNA for various acts of corruption, including bribery and embezzlement.
- 3. The European arrest warrant issued by the Bucharest Court of Appeal on your behalf. Dragoș Săvulescu, currently in Italy. The Italian authorities (Naples Court of Appeal) rejected the execution of the European arrest warrant, acknowledged the sentence handed down by the Romanian court and ordered the execution of the sentence in Italy. At the same time, the Italian court ordered the suspension of the execution of the sentence. On February 9, 2019, businessman Dragoș Săvulescu, a former shareholder of FC Dinamo, was placed under international investigation, after the police failed to find him so that he could carry out the sentence of five years and six months in prison received in the case. of illegal beach restitutions in Constanța, in which Radu Mazăre was also convicted. On January 19, Romanian police representatives told HotNews.ro that businessman Dragoş Săvulescu surrendered to authorities in Naples and is in the custody of the Italian police. He was later released.
- 4. The European arrest warrant issued by the Bucharest Court on your behalf. Gino Mario Iorgulescu, located in Italy. The procedure is carried out directly between the Romanian and Italian courts. The Ministry of Justice says it has no information on the status of the process. In August, prosecutors from the Bucharest Public Prosecutor’s Office sent Mario Iorgulescu to trial for murder and driving under the influence of alcohol or other substances. In September 2018, Iorgulescu caused a car accident in which a young man lost his life. Immediately after the accident, Mario Iorgulescu was taken by his family to a clinic in Italy.
- 5. The European arrest warrant issued on behalf of Alina Bica, in order to serve a sentence of 4 years in prison. Alina bica It is in Italy, the procedure is carried out directly between the Romanian court and the Italian court. The Ministry of Justice says it has no information on the status of the process. Alina Bica, tried in several cases, left the country in 2018, before her trials ended. First he went to Costa Rica, where Elena Udrea was, and then he fled to Italy. In November 2019, Alina Bica was definitively sentenced to 4 years in prison with execution.
Status of extradition requests:
- Extradition request made with respect to Avraham morgenstern to execute the order of execution of the prison sentence of August 11, 2017 issued by the Bucharest Court, for a penalty of 8 years in prison. The territory of Argentina is located. Initially arrested for extradition, he is now on bail. The Ministry of Justice formulated and sent the extradition request, and subsequently, according to the information received through diplomatic channels in August 2019, the Ministry of Justice was informed that, through a judgment of 11.21.2018, the extradition was approved, but Avraham Morgenstern declared an appeal. in the Supreme Court of Justice.
- Extradition request addressed to the Moldovan authorities, in the case of the former PSD deputy Cristian Rizea. The request was formulated in order to execute the sentence of 4 years and 8 months in prison, ordered on December 7, 2017 by the Supreme Court.
- Former PSD MP Sebastian Ghiță – who has fled to Serbia since 2016 to escape arrest – is currently not under any extradition proceedings, as there is no active arrest warrant in his name.
- “The Ministry of Justice made an extradition request in 2017, then withdrew the extradition request in June 2018 and March 2019, following the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Ploiești Court of Appeals. An order is needed to formulate an extradition request. At the moment, there is no arrest warrant in the name of Sebastian Ghiță, “said the Minister of Justice.
