On Thursday, the government adopted a decision initiated by the Ministry of Justice, which provides for supplementing the maximum number of posts for the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) by 50 posts, of which 25 are in the field of combating drugs. prosecutors, 20 secretaries and five personal economic and administrative positions, announced Alina Gorghiu, Minister of Justice.

• “These positions of 25 prosecutors will be distributed as follows – 7 executive positions plus one managerial position will be attached to the department for combating illegal drug trafficking in the central structure to be able to create this service that specializes in combating street drug trafficking. drug trafficking within the radius of Bucharest Municipality and Ilfov County.
• As you know, I have publicly reported before and many times that there is a very large number of consumers in the radius of the Ilfov district plus Bucharest due to street traffic.
• Other prosecutor positions will be fixed depending on the operational situation and according to the needs of territorial structures, which record a massive increase in the number of criminal cases related to the illegal circulation of narcotic drugs or psychoactive substances, mainly as a result of cultural events – festivals, concerts, areas where tourism is much higher, large university centers.
• For example, the Constanța Territorial Service, where the Anti-Narcotics Office will be created, covering the counties of Constanța and Tulcea. – said Alina Gorghiuat the end of the executive committee meeting on Thursday, News.ro reports.

The Minister of Justice added that “this draft decision is the result of a discussion in the Central Administrative Court.”

• “I welcome the fact that the topic of drug use was discussed in the National Council of the National People’s Congress. We also discussed the drug trade. All the necessary information has been provided to send a very clear signal to all the agencies that have the authority on the ground,” Gorgiou added.

According to the press release of the Ministry of Justice, the proposal in this sense was formulated in order to support and optimize the activities of DIICOT, the prosecutor’s office that has jurisdiction over crimes in the field of illegal drug trafficking, trafficking in people, minors, and children. pornography, terrorism, money laundering, etc.