JusMin Pruna: Romanian state must react if Sky News allegations are false

Justice Minister Raluca Pruna reacted in the Sky News scandal on Friday by calling on the Romanian state to act, should the accusations made by the broadcaster turn out to be false.

When asked whether the Romanian state should take Sky News to court, Pruna told journalists: “of course, as far as those presented do not match reality, the Romanian state must react. And in this case, the first steps have been made to this end,” Pruna stated in a press conference at the Victoria Palace.

The Romanian Embassy in London announced on Thursday that it had asked Sky News to broadcast material resulting from the investigation conducted by the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).

On August 7 Sky News aired a feature report on arms trafficking in Europe featuring several alleged arms dealers. The feature, DIICOT prosecutors argued, was staged and the three men who agreed to be filmed, Aurelian Mihai Szanto, who acted as fixer, and Attila Csaba Pantics and Levente Pantics, were put under criminal investigation and detained by DIICOT prosecutors. 

On Friday the Justice Minister presented at the Victoria Palace Romania’s National Anti-corruption Strategy.

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