Ioana Basescu

The Romanian Court of Appeal on Tuesday sentenced former President Traian Basescu's daughter, Ioana Basescu, to five years in prison for her involvement in laundering money for her father's electoral campaign.

Romania's former development minister Elena Udrea, the daughter of former president Traian Basescu, Ioana, and other officials and heads of state-owned companies will stand trial for the illegal funding of the presidential electoral campaign in 2009.