Magistrates of the High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected on Wednesday evening as unfounded the appeals filed by Judge Ana Maria Kirile and the other defendants in the case for a preventive measure in the form of detention, News.ro reports. The court’s decision is final.

Ana Maria Čirila, a Suceava court judge, was previously arrested for several crimes.

According to prosecutors, the judge received money, accommodation, security and protection services or food, and in return passed on information from DIICOT files about the crimes of creating an organized criminal group, loan sharking, deprivation of liberty, drug trafficking or cigarette smuggling. . She is also charged with possession of drugs for consumption and providing her home for consumption.

Ana Maria Cirila is the president of the panel in the criminal section. According to stirilortvr.ro, she would have been taken straight from the courtroom as she prepared to analyze a case involving car license fraud in Suceava.

The judge has been working in the court of Suceava since the end of 2019, when she was transferred from the court of Cluj-Napoca by the decision of the Section of Judges of the CSM.

The judge was detained for the following crimes:

• 1. Using in any way, directly or indirectly, information not intended for advertising, or giving access to this information to third parties (2 facts) and a crime for the benefit of a criminal (2 facts);
• 2. Bribery;
• 3. Complicity in abuse of influence;
• 4. Storage of drugs for continuous use (5 material acts);
• 5. Knowingly providing, for any reason, accommodation for the illegal consumption of narcotic drugs or allowing illegal consumption in such places in a continuous form (3 material documents).

Accusations brought by prosecutors against judges from Suceava

Regarding the crime related to the use in any way, directly or indirectly, of information that is not intended for advertising, or giving third parties access to this information and giving an advantage to the offender:

• In the period from November 11 to 14, 2022, based on the prerogatives specific to the position of judge, which she held, the judge became aware of non-public information regarding the documents of the criminal investigation and the measures assigned in the DIICOT case (the file in the criminal investigation phase), respectively, information about house searches to be conducted, which he provided to other people, through which they also reached other interested persons.
• Also, between April and September 2023, the judge became aware of non-public information regarding prosecution materials and prescribed measures in another DIICOT case, information that she provided directly and through others to certain interested parties.
• The judge informed the investigated persons that they were the object of technical surveillance measures or searches, which jeopardized the investigation of these cases.

Regarding the crime of bribery:

• In the period 2020 – 2023, directly or through other persons, the judge received/accepted the receipt of illegal benefits (money, jewelry, free use of some cars, remuneration for some stays, security and guard services, food, etc.). ) regarding the prescribed measures and decisions issued in the case initiated by DIICOT – Territorial Service of Suceava.

Regarding the crime of complicity in abuse of influence:

• The actions of a judge who, without promising to directly influence the judges of the panel assigned to consider the case, by his presence at the meeting between the witness-applicant (buyer of influence) and another person, created the belief in the applicant that the specified person has influence on the judges and can influence them acquittal. In this way, the defendant contributed to the relevant person receiving the sum of 30,000 euros.

Regarding crimes related to the possession of drugs for long-term consumption and knowingly, for any reason, providing accommodation for illegal drug consumption or allowing illegal consumption in such places, continuously:

• Between September and October 2023, the judge kept dangerous drugs in her home for her own use, and at certain times she let her home to some people for drug use.

In the same material, prosecutors also detained another person for 24 hours for bribery and aiding and abetting a crime related to the use in any way, directly or indirectly, of information not intended for publication, or providing access to this information to third parties .

What prosecutors say:

• The defendant promised, offered and transferred illegal benefits to the judge in order to obtain positive decisions in the case in which he was sent to court for creating an organized crime group, usury and deprivation of liberty.
• Through an implied promise of money or other material benefits, he encouraged the judge to continue to release or provide access to non-public information related to ongoing investigations into cigarette smuggling or drug trafficking.

In this case, 12 searches were conducted, and several persons – suspects or witnesses – were interviewed, the General Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. (photo source Dreamstime)