{"id":38017,"date":"2024-07-18T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T09:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/?p=38017"},"modified":"2024-07-19T16:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:18:02","slug":"the-migrant-affair-iv-rise-journalists-under-pressure-from-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/en\/the-migrant-affair-iv-rise-journalists-under-pressure-from-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Migrant” affair IV: RISE journalists under pressure from prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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One of the authors of the series of investigations about migrant trafficking networks in the West of the country was called as a witness at the headquarters of the Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism<\/strong> (DIICOT<\/strong>), Cara\u0219-Severin Territorial Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the discussion, the chief prosecutor, Carmen Vr\u00e2nceanu<\/strong>, handed the reporter a subpoena requesting “the handover by the independent community of journalists RIJE (n.r. RISE) PROJECT of the data in its possession or under its control, which were the basis of the journalistic materials entitled The “Migrant” Affair (I, II and III)<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigations published by us last month under the title “The Migrant Business<\/em>” reveal how thousands of Asian citizens end up on the streets in Romania, abandoned by the recruitment firms that brought them here and decide to flee to other European countries through migrant trafficking networks . For several months, RISE <\/strong>investigated the business behind the labor imports, which overlapped with the DIICOT Cara\u0219-Severin<\/strong> prosecutors’ investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During our investigations, we also identified a ghost company, which supplied multinationals with Asian workers, but we also revealed that Tivadar Sorin Gabriel<\/strong>, one of those investigated for migrant trafficking, is related to \u0218tefan Negril\u0103<\/strong>, the head of the Organized Crime Brigade (BCCO ) Timi\u0219oara<\/strong>, unit that supports DIICOT <\/strong>investigations. During the documentation, I conducted an interview with a former MAI officer, Dan Vasile<\/strong>, involved in the recruitment and bringing of Asian workers to Romania, then accused by DIICOT <\/strong>prosecutors of being the leader of the network. Vasile was a partner with Tivadar, a relative of the head of the BCCO<\/strong>, and now the two share the same file, although they are in open conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read RISE investigations here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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