On Monday, police raided Mures and Ilfov, targeting a medical college in Mures county that had been training Italian nationals for five years to become paramedics.

According to the Romanian police, the officers of the Economic Crimes Investigation Department are carrying out 12 searches in the counties of Ilfov and Mures in a file under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Mures Court, where the investigations are being carried out. for the crimes of creating an organized criminal group, intellectual fraud, using official forgery and disclosing official or non-public information to several suspects.

According to the cited source, since 2019, the higher education institution has developed an illegal mechanism, which consists in the fictitious education of Italian citizens who do not know the Romanian language and do not attend courses and internships. Italians were issued with diplomas on practicing the profession of general paramedic on the territory of the European Union.

Police say eight people are being targeted and will be detained and taken to the police station for questioning.