The trip to Italy stopped by Border Police officers within Galati County

Border Police officers within Oancea Border Police Sector detected within the area of responsibility, with the help of Land Rover thermo-vision equipment, a citizen of Republic of Moldova, Alexandru E., 31 years old, whom illegally crossed the border over the Prut River. The man intended to reach Italy for finding a job, supported in his intention by two other co nationals.

Prior acts of criminal investigation in terms of the offense of complicity to illegal state border crossing were drawn by Border Police officers on the name of the two Moldovans, Ruslan C. and Cristian L. and of illegal state border crossing and of complicity to material forgery in regards to official documents.

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:

• 59 illegal deeds (28 crimes and 31 penalties) committed by Romanian and foreign citizens;
  
• the amount of penalties reaches approximately 3,800 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 1,540,000 lei, were detected;
  
• the flow of passengers and means of transportation at the border crossing points was about 81,900 people, both at the entry and at the exit and over 21,900 means of transportation.
  12 foreign citizens were refused entry due to the fact that they did not meet the entry requirements and 24 Romanian citizens were not allowed to exit Romania out of various legal grounds.