Organised crime chief prosecutor quits position after corruption charges were brought against her

Newsroom 23/11/2014 | 14:55

Chief-prosecutor Alina Bica resigned from her position at the head of DIICOT, the main government department investigating mafia,organized crime and terrorism.

Anti-corruption officials have detained Bica in the past week, the prosecutor being accused of abusing a previous role on a ministry of justice committee by approving a government payment that was overvalued by EUR 60 million. The country’s Supreme Court ordered Alina Bica to be remanded in custody for 30 days over the 2011 case.

The case is part of an investigation that so far extends to two of Bica’s former colleagues as well as at least one businessman and an ethnic Hungarian MP.

Prosecutor General Tiberiu Nitu will take over Bica’s duties at Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime (DIICOT) for now.

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