Corruption in Romania

Although there have been significant improvements, corruption remains a problem in Romania. Despite the fact that Romanian law and regulations contain provisions intended to prevent corruption, enforcement has generally been weak until recently. This has however started to change since 2014, as the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) continued to increasingly investigate and prosecute corruption cases involving medium- and high-level political, judicial, and administrative officials. Romania is currently (as of 2015) regarded as the fourth most corrupt country in the European Union, after Bulgaria and Italy, and at the same level with Greece, as revealed by the annual Corruption Perceptions Index conducted by Transparency International. Corruption was cited among many issues that pro

Corruption in Romania

Although there have been significant improvements, corruption remains a problem in Romania. Despite the fact that Romanian law and regulations contain provisions intended to prevent corruption, enforcement has generally been weak until recently. This has however started to change since 2014, as the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) continued to increasingly investigate and prosecute corruption cases involving medium- and high-level political, judicial, and administrative officials. Romania is currently (as of 2015) regarded as the fourth most corrupt country in the European Union, after Bulgaria and Italy, and at the same level with Greece, as revealed by the annual Corruption Perceptions Index conducted by Transparency International. Corruption was cited among many issues that pro