Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors allege €100,000 gambling-sector bribery scheme
Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) said two people were placed in preventive custody in an investigation into alleged payments linked to checks on a gambling operator. Prosecutors allege a €100,000 bribe was promised to secure a favourable outcome; the account says a Romanian press identification of one suspect as former gambling regulator head Odeta Cristinela Nestor has not been officially confirmed.
The investigation concerns alleged efforts to influence regulatory checks and avoid administrative and criminal referrals for an operator.