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Wiz Khalifa sentenced to nine months in prison in Romania for drug possession

16:35
American rapper Wiz Khalifa (real name Thomaz Cameron Jibril) has been definitively sentenced in Romania to 9 months in prison for possession of drugs for personal use, according to a decision handed down on Wednesday, December 18, 2025, by the Constanța Court of Appeal.

Elena Udrea to be released from prison

14:39, 17 Iul. 2025
The Prahova Court has rejected the appeal filed by the National Anti-Corruption Directorate against the Ploiești Court's decision to grant Elena Udrea conditional release.

Bucharest Crime Boss Nutu Camataru Released on Parole

16:15, 12 Mart. 2019
Romanian infamous crime boss Ion Balint, known under the moniker Nutu Camataru, was released on parole from the Gaesti Penitentiary on Tuesday after serving only 16 months of a nearly six-year prison sentence he received for extortion.

Iraqi Court Sentences Two Men To Life For Kidnapping Romanian Journalists In 2005

16:30, 24 Sept. 2011
The Central Criminal Court of Iraq has sentenced two men to life in prison for the role in the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists in Iraq in 2005, the court said in a press release Saturday.

Three Nuns Involved In 2005 Exorcism Case In E Romania Released From Prison

16:39, 15 Ian. 2011
Three of the four nuns from the Tanacu Monastery in eastern Romania, convicted for homicide after a young woman died during what they said was an exorcism ritual, have been released from prison.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Nanny Found Guilty In Mistreatment Case

15:14, 03 Iul. 2010
A Romanian court in capital Bucharest found a nanny guilty of physically abusing the two children in her care, and also ruled to have the woman serve a previously suspended one-year imprisonment sentence.

Romanians Fraudulently Receiving Invalidity Pensions Could Face Prison

18:28, 31 Mai 2010
Romanians who were fraudulently declared disabled in order to receive invalidity pensions and the doctors who carried out the respective medical examinations and issued unjustified invalidity certificates will be deemed offenders and might face imprisonment.

Romanian Court Sentences Syrian Terrorism Convict Hayssam To 16 Yr Jail Term For Embezzlement

15:22, 26 Mai 2010
Syrian terrorism convict Omar Hayssam and associates Quasin Esse and Mohamad Omar were sentenced Tuesday by the Court of Bucharest to 16 and 14 years in prison, respectively, for embezzling several leasing companies in a case concerning forged export documentation for Volvo tractor heads.

Romania Expects Prison Transfer Of Some 12,000 Nationals As Of 2012

15:47, 17 Mai 2010
About 12,000 Romanian nationals arrested abroad are expected to be transferred in Romanian prisons starting 2012, Romania’s penitentiary administration general manager Ioan Bala said Monday, citing a European provision.

Romanian Med Students Sentenced To 16 Yrs In Prison Each In Brutal Murder Case

15:40, 11 Mai 2010
A Court in Timis county, western Romania, on Tuesday sentenced two Romanian medical students to 16 years in prison each for the killing and dismemberment of a man.

Romanian Fmr General Released To Undergo Heart Surgery

14:29, 05 Mai 2010
The Bucharest Military Court of Appeals Wednesday ruled to release from jail for 60 days Romanian former general Mihai Chitac, imprisoned for aggravated manslaughter during the 1989 revolution, to undergo heart surgery.

Romanian Mayor Sentenced To Two And A Half Years In Prison For Corruption

17:36, 17 Mart. 2010
Liberal Cristian Anghel, mayor of the northern Romanian city of Baia Mare, was sentenced Wednesday to two and a half years in prison for corruption, Cluj Court of Appeals spokeswoman Claudia Ilies said.

Romanian Mayor Sentenced To 3 And 1/2 Years In Prison For Graft

16:28, 27 Ian. 2010
The mayor of the southern Romanian town Ramnicu Valcea, Mircia Gutau, and former deputy mayor Nicolae Dicu have been sentenced to three years and a half in prison each for bribe taking.

Romania Convicted Ex General Smoked, Had Coffee Waiting For Release On Medical Grounds Ruling

15:18, 16 Sept. 2009
Romanian retired general Victor Athanasie Stanculescu, sentenced to 15 years in prison for the killing of civilians in the 1989 revolution and released in May on medical grounds, had coffee and smoked while judges decided whether to send him back to prison.

French Correctional Court Sentences Three Romanians To Prison On Assault Charges

12:30, 25 Aug. 2009
A correctional court in Bordeaux, France, sentenced three Romanian nationals to prison on charges of assault against drivers who refused to give them money in exchange for windshield cleaning, Sud Ouest informed.

Romanian Prison System Unionists Put Off Warning Strike, Start Talks

10:23, 30 Iul. 2009
Unionists in Romania’s prison system said they decided to put off the warning strike planned for Thursday, July 30, in the wake of talks on amending the collective labor agreement, revising the budget and drawing up the necessary normative acts in the sector.

Romanian Court Sentences Ex-RADET Head Gheorghe Dabela To Six Yrs In Prison For Corruption

14:49, 01 Iul. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Wednesday sentenced the former general manager of Bucharest heating company RADET, Gheorghe Dabela, to six years in prison and two years of suspended rights for bribery, after the Bucharest Military Court previously sentenced Dabela to three years in prison.

Romanian Correctional Sys Workers To Start Protests On Jun 30

11:05, 26 Iun. 2009
Employees in Romania’s prison system start protests on June 30 and will picket the Justice Ministry and call strikes over low financing of the system and degrading and humiliating working conditions.

Romanian Ex-Fund Manager Maria Vlas Sentenced To Eight Yrs In Prison- Court

14:43, 03 Iun. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that previously sentenced Ioana Maria Vlas to eight years in prison in the collapse of the National Accumulation Fund, or FNA, but the decision of the appeals court can be challenged.

Court Allows Medical Expertise For Romanian Ex General Stanculescu

13:01, 21 Oct. 2008
The Bucharest Military Court allowed Tuesday the request made by Victor Athanasie Stanculescu for a medical expertise at the National Forensic Medicine Institute, meant to establish of Stanculescu can carry out his 15 year sentence in prison.

Prison Brawl Between Romanians And Muslims In Spain

13:45, 13 Oct. 2008
Several Romanian inmates in a Spanish penitentiary got into a brawl with a group of Muslim inmates, Tribuna de Salamanca informed in its online edition.

Romania Seeks Math Olympic Winner’s Release From Italian Prison-Paper

18:50, 19 Iun. 2008
The Romanian authorities seek the release from an Italian prison of a young national, winner of math Olympic, who was convicted for electronic fraud, Italian paper Il Giornale reported Thursday.

Romanian Alleged Rapist Assaulted Jail Therapist In Rome – Paper

11:50, 21 Apr. 2008
Romanian national Ioan Rus, accused of rape in Italy, attempted Thursday evening to assault the psychologist of the Regina Coeli prison in Rome, but was seized by prison guards, Italian daily Corriere della Serra reported.