Synthesis of the events at the border in the last 24 hours

Within the last 24 hours Romanian Border Police carried out specific activities within the area of responsibility in regards to state border surveillance and checks, counter and prevent illegal migration and cross border criminality. The main events were as follows:

Coast Guard:

Child from Sulina rescued by Romanian Border Police

On 26.01.2012, at about 18.30 hours, Romanian Border Police officers within Coast Guard were asked to act in order to save and rescue a child’s life, by transporting him to the hospital with one of their vessels.

The child reached the hospital safely and received the medical help needed.

Counterfeit cosmetics at Agigea

Based on risk analysis a joint team consisting of Romanian Border Police officers within Coast Guard and custom’s officers checked a container arrived from China, loaded with 10.560 counterfeit cosmetics.

All the imposed legal measures were taken by Border police officers, the cosmetics being seized.

Romanian - Serbian border:

Nine illegal migrants detected at the border

   Romanian Border Police officers within Lunga Border Police Sector, Timis County, detected nine illegal migrants, Algerians and Moroccans, with ages from 19 to 34 years old, intending to illegally cross Serbian - Romanian green border.

Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of illegal state border crossing were drawn by Border Police officers, following at the end of the investigation to be taken all the imposed legal measures.

Without driving license at the border

Romanian Border Police officers within Moravita Border Crossing Point, Timis County, detected a Romanian driving an Opel without a driving license.

Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of usage driving a car without having a driving license were drawn by Border Police officers, following at the end of the investigation to be taken all the imposed legal measures.

Romanian - Hungarian border:

Romanian citizenship for 300 EUROS

Romanian Border Police officers within Cenad Border Crossing Point, Timis County, detected a woman, citizen of Republic of Moldova, trying to illegally cross the border by using a Romanian identity card, which she managed to get for 300 Euros.

Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of attempt of illegal state border crossing, of complicity to forgery, of falsification in regards to her identity and usage of falsified documents were drawn by Border Police officers, following at the end of the investigation to be taken all the imposed legal measures.

Statistics regarding Romanian Border Police activity in the last 24 hours

In the last 24 hours, in the competence areas - meaning border crossing points and "green border" - Border Police officers detected:

• 29 illegal deeds (7 crimes and 22 penalties) committed by Romanian and foreign citizens;
• the amount of penalties reaches approximately 4,000 lei;
• undeclared goods (which were to be smuggled into the country), which exceeded the customs’ legal provisions or were suspected as being counterfeit with a total value of 1,140,000 lei, were detected;
• the flow of passengers and means of transportation at the border crossing points was about 63,100 people, both at the entry and at the exit and over 21,100 means of transportation.
  10 foreign citizens were refused entry due to the fact that they did not meet the entry requirements and 8 Romanian citizens were not allowed to exit Romania out of various legal grounds.