Annual report of anticorruption prosecutors: over 300 million euros confiscated

The values the Romanian anticorruption body (DNA) has seized in 2014 were over 303 million euros, which is over 13 times the annual budget of the National Anticorruption Directorate, said on Tuesday the DNA Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruta Kovesi when presenting this body's annual activity Report.

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"We shouldn't forget that in order to carry out the criminal law's goal it is important that a person sentenced for corruption does not keep their wealth obtained through criminal deeds. In 2014, the values gotten hold of by the DNA exceeded 303 million euros, which means over 13 times our yearly budget. The sums confiscated could be a significant source of public revenue, an element that should not be ignored in this period. The final court decisions in the DNA cases in 2014 have included the confiscation and recovery of criminal goods amounting to over 310,000,000 euros, three times more than in 2013. If this sum is actually seized, the salary fund the state pays to the medical doctors for one year would be covered," said Kovesi.

On the other hand, the DNA head specified that following the significant reorganisation, assumed and completed in 2014 a boost was given to the territorial structures' activities and an increase of their activity's efficiency.

Kovesi also said that the DNA's activity was influenced by the legislative alterations which occurred in 2014, the major impact being given by the new Codes' enforcement.

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