PSD Baron of Neamț, Ionel Arsene, Surrenders to Italian Authorities After Hiding There

Official sources told Pro TV News that Ionel Arsene, the PSD baron of Neamț, surrendered to the authorities in Italy, where he was hiding.

The President of the Neamț County Council was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison with execution in a corruption case and was wanted by the Romanian authorities through Interpol.

According to the sources cited, Arsene surrendered to the authorities in Bari, Italy.

The operation to capture the fugitive baron was also joined by the community of Romanians in Italy, which numbers over one million people.

According to the procedure, Ionel Arsene is to be taken before a judge who will decide whether or not to implement the European arrest warrant issued in the name of the fugitive baron.

Italiathe country where Arsene was caught, responds the hardest to such requests.

The former head of DIICOT, Alina Bica, sentenced to 4 years in prison in a DNA case, Dragoș Săvulescu also sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison for complicity in abuse of office and Mario Iorgulescu – recently sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for murder and driving under the influence of drugs – they were located in Italy, but the judiciary there, under various pretexts, refused to send them to Romania.