Romania's police

Romanian MPs to Debate Chemical Castration Legislation

The Romanian parliament is set to debate a bill on 'chemical castration' for sex offenders again, after a police officer was prosecuted for several assaults on minors. 

Romania's parliament is to again debate 'chemical castration' as an optional sentence for sex offenders after a police officer was caught on camera assaulting two children in January.

Paedophile Police Case Exposes Tensions in Romania's Govt

The arrest of a traffic policeman suspected of sexually assaulting two children last weekend has shaken Romania's police force and added to tensions in the centre-left government.

The suspect was arrested on Monday after police circulated a still from a surveillance video of a man sexually assaulting two minors, a boy aged nine and a girl aged five, in an elevator last Friday.