PM Nicolae Ciuca highlighted on Thursday, during a work meeting at Victoria Palace, with the Minister of Internal Affairs Lucian Bode and other officials in the field, the fact that the fight against human trafficking represents a priority for the Government and talked about the strategic importance of tackling this phenomenon on the three levels of intervention: prevention, combating, protection.According to a press release sent by the Government, the purpose of this work meeting initiated by the PM was to establish an analysis regarding the results obtained by Romania in preventing and countering human trafficking throughout the year 2021."I would like to make sure that we have a solid coordination from the Government in this area so that the cross-sector measures addressing this complex phenomenon to be efficiently implemented. Prevention actions in the community are fundamental, we must have quick response times in screening, apprehending and investigating traffickers, but just as important is to have an integral approach of the phenomenon, starting from structural measures of fighting poverty," the PM said, as quoted in the press release.In context, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Lucian Bode, presented the current status of the main activities of MAI (Ministry of Internal Affairs) structures with attributes in the area, and state counselor Madalina Turza talked about the new measure of coordinating the Committee for monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy against Human Trafficking at the level of the Chancellery, but also about the unprecedented collaborative effort for establishing the country Report regarding Human trafficking by the US State Department.From the perspective of the General Prosecutor's Office there is a drop in the number of cases, balanced by the number of indictments which is higher in 2021 and the number of people being investigated who are in custody.Furthermore, the director of the National Agency Against Human Trafficking (ANITP) detailed aspects about the European analysis regarding the number of human trafficking victims, investigations and convictions.The Ministry of Justice said that it permanently kept dialogue with the Prosecutor's Office bureaus, carried out a thorough process of anonymizing the victims' data in the ECRIS platform and supported the founding of the Special Section of Prosecutors dedicated to investigating human trafficking cases at the level of DIICOT (Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism).The Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted the obvious qualitative leap made by Romania in establishing the report regarding the human trafficking situation (TIP report) for the US State Department, the importance of collaborating with the civil society and continuing actions coordinated by support and assistance granted to victims of human trafficking.
President Klaus Iohannis recently approved the criminal prosecution of former prime minister Petre Roman and former deputy prime minister Gelu-Voican Voiculescu in the case targeting the June 1990 miners' riot (Mineriada), for crimes against humanity. The approved documents were forwarded to the Ministry of Justice. Petre Roman was the prime minister of Romania from December 1989 […]
The steppe peonies (Paeonia tenuifolia) at the Botanical Reserve at Zau de Câmpie in central Romania, the highest location in the world where this plant has adapted, have begun to bloom a bit earlier than usual due to the high temperatures. According to the custodian of the Zau de Câmpie Reserve, Ciprian Cenan, the first […]
The children's hospital built in Bucharest by local non-profit Dăruiește Viață with the support of more than 350,000 donors and 8,000 companies started treating the first patients. It took over the children previously hospitalized in the oncology, neurosurgery, surgery, and intensive care (ATI) departments of the Marie Curie Hospital's old building. The transfer was made […]
The mobile network Vodafone Romania has been certified "Best in test" for the third consecutive year by the independent benchmarking organization umlaut. Vodafone Romania achieved the highest overall score in the umlaut assessment – 915 points, which keeps it on the first place among the top mobile networks in the country. Moreover, the company received […]
Bucharest Opera Festival will return in June with an All Puccini Edition. No less than eight productions from the creation of the great composer, a semi-staged show, an opera gala, and ten theatres are part of this year's program. Bucharest Opera Festival – All Puccini Edition will be hosted by the National Opera House on […]
The Romanian Senate unanimously adopted, as the first chamber to be consulted, a government-initiated bill that regulates the attribution of judicial expenses in cases involving fugitives who have evaded criminal prosecution or trial. A number of people who have to stand trial in Romania avoid doing so by leaving the country, forcing authorities to track […]
