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  • Jul 24

    Three directors of Romanian state-owned armament plants detained by anti-corruption prosecutors on bribery charges

    Mihai Rafiu, Tiberiu Alexandru Pîrvu and Liliana Sorescu were taken into custody overnight and face a court hearing on Friday, 24 July, over allegations they took bribes at subsidiaries of state defence giant Romarm.

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