Anti-corruption prosecutors in Romania raided the homes of 50 customs officials, the Interior Ministry Secretary General – Laurentiu Mironescu (pictured here) -, and Senator Mircea Banias on suspicion of smuggling gasoline through the Black Sea port of Constanta.
Tax evasion in the gasoline smuggling scandal has cost the state an estimated 1 million euros (~$1.42 million), with Mr. Mironescu being fired from the ministry, while the customs officials’ homes were raided on suspicion of tax evasion.
Romanian authorities have launched a crackdown this year on customs officials and border patrol agents, with roughly 180 people having been arrested so far.
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The photo of Mr. Mironescu comes from his official page from the Romanian parliament, found here (available in English, French, and Romanian).
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