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Romania keeps investigating alleged frauds that derailed presidential elections 

January 10, 2025

Romanian finance minister Tanczos Barna confirmed on January 9 that the tax collection agency ANAF, together with the judicial bodies, is investigating the financing of the electoral campaign of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, focusing on "the manner and flows of money that arrived from various sources."

"It is an investigation alongside the judicial bodies, in which ANAF is verifying the financing of this electoral campaign," Tanczos Barna said, as reported by

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