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A police officer from Câmpulung has been taken into preventive custody for allegedly using his position to gain undue benefits. This officer, who is also the president of a local union branch, was arrested by DNA prosecutors on charges of influence peddling, according to a statement from the agency.

Romanian prosecutors Thursday detained businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vantu after information provided by authorities in Cyprus and Indonesia last week showed Vantu was transferring money to fraud-convict Nicolae Popa, who fled the country after being sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Romanian politician Nati Meir, who recently backed out of the presidential race, was detained Monday evening on charges of fraud.

The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the appeal of former miners’ leader Miron Cozma, who had requested EUR4 million in damages for illegal detention after the annulment of a pardoning decree.