Three defendants sent to the Bucharest Court of Appeal

Prosecutors from the DNA's Iași territorial office sent three people to trial on 21 October 2026. Cristina Trăilă, who served as deputy general secretary of the Romanian government under Ilie Bolojan, is charged with complicity in influence peddling. Mihai Barbu, the former president of the PNL organisation in Vaslui county, is charged with using influence for gain, while businessman Fănel Bogos is charged with instigating the same offence. The case will be heard by the Bucharest Court of Appeal because Trăilă is also a lawyer, and courts of appeal handle cases involving lawyers. Trăilă resigned from the government after the first DNA accusations, and according to Ziare.com she became a defendant on 9 October 2026.

The alleged dispute over a Vaslui farm

Prosecutors say Bogos runs several poultry farms in Vaslui county through a company, where systematic breaches of sanitary-veterinary rules could have allowed pathogens and diseases to spread. In September 2024 a salmonella outbreak was confirmed at one farm, and Bogos allegedly prepared a compensation claim worth about 13 million lei, arguing the company was not to blame. The county veterinary directorate, DSVSA Vaslui, reportedly found irregularities, ordered strict monitoring of the disposal of roughly 226,000 affected birds, and refused to approve the claim. Sources do not agree on the sum at stake: most reports cite 13 million lei, while a DNA passage quoted by Mediafax refers to a compensation file of about 3 million euros, tied to reduced or ended inspections at the company's farms.

Alleged push to replace the veterinary chief

Prosecutors say that on 3 and 4 November 2025 Trăilă backed Barbu's efforts to influence the president of ANSVSA, the national sanitary-veterinary agency, so that the director of DSVSA Vaslui would be replaced by someone acceptable to Bogos. Ziare.com names the official in question as Mihai Ponea, the head of DSVSA Vaslui. Digi24, citing judicial sources, reports that Bogos first tried to settle the matter through political contacts in the county, and that national agency managers did little for him because his farms were known to have problems. Digi24 also reports that Barbu promised to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Bogos and Bolojan, and it cites intercepted conversations in which Bogos allegedly claimed contacts with media outlets and security officers. These are allegations, and no court has ruled on them.

How the case moved

The milestones below come from the DNA communiqués and the reports that cite them. Bolojan was heard as a witness on 2 October 2026, according to Mediafax, about the circumstances of an audience he granted Bogos. The DNA announced on 25 August 2026 that Trăilă's procedural status and the charges had been brought to her attention. The first hearing in the case is scheduled for 28 October 2026, according to Gândul.

Reactions and what comes next

After becoming a defendant, Trăilă spoke as a lawyer and said she had not understood how prosecutors approached complicity, calling it an opinion. She added that the courts would decide the matter.

“Justice is done by the court of law and by the High Court.”

The case has been sent to the Bucharest Court of Appeal, and the first hearing is set for 28 October 2026.