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Corruption Conviction: Baia Mare Mayor Catalin Chereches Vanishes After Five-Year Prison Sentence

November 26, 2023

The mayor of the Romanian city of Baia Mare, Catalin Chereches, was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption but ‘disappeared”   The mayor of the Romanian city of Baia Mare, Catalin Chereches, was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption but ‘disappeared.’ The police reported that the......

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