Huge evasion and smuggling in Romania. Economic Police has seized 132 million euros in just 7 months

A huge injury was blocked by the Economic Police in the first seven months of the year: goods worth 132 million euros were seized, in tax evasion and smuggling. The actions aim to destroy the networks that cause massive losses to the state budget.

The balance of the first 7 months of the police show the fiscal disaster in Romania / Photo source: power.ro

Hundreds of major actions against economic crime on the territory of Romania

In the first seven months of the year, the Romanian Police carried out hundreds of major actions against economic crime, resulting in over 24,700 offenses discovered, 6,600 investigated persons and seizure goods worth over 132 million euros. Most files are aimed at tax evasion and smuggling, the damages being huge for the state budget.

“In the first 7 months of the year, the structures of investigating the economic crime in the country carried out 229 major actions for the destruction of criminal groups and the proof of criminal activity, in complex criminal files. Within these files, 2,286 were carried out of domicile searches and 422 were implemented. investigated 6,636 persons, for crimes of economic – financial nature, for 437 of them being ordered preventive measures (64 preventive arrest, 14 for home arrest, 250 judicial control, 2 judicial control for bail and 107 deductions) ””states the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police.

Most of the investigations aimed at tax evasion facts

Most of the investigations in the sphere of economic crime are aimed at deeds of tax evasion. The statistics show that, from January to the end of July, investigations were carried out in 13,950 criminal prosecution files in their own instrumentation and based on 797 delegation ordinances from the Prosecutor's Units, with preventive measures compared to 91 persons. The damage provided in these files was over 656,683,000 lei.

Police officers investigating crimes in the economic field have also opened investigations aimed at deception. These are 9,822 criminal prosecution files in their own instrumentation and based on 497 delegation ordinances from the parquet units. In these files, preventive measures were ordered compared to 90 persons, and the value of the insured damage was over 34,252.810 lei.

Thousands of smuggling files, damages of over 120 million lei

Over 1150 files concern smuggling offenses, in their case, preventive measures were ordered to 109 persons, and the value of the insured damage was 127,374,988 lei.

“In this area, between January and July 2025, 264 criminal files were registered at the level of the Romanian Police, in which 391 persons are investigated. As a result of the activities carried out, 59,763,845 cigarettes and over 3 tonnes of tobacco were captured, being applied 554 contraventional sanctions, worth 4.671.210 lei,” informs the Romanian Police on Saturday.

In the field of protection of intellectual property rights, this year investigations were carried out in 3302 files of criminal prosecution in their own instrumentation and based on 84 delegation ordinances from the parquet units being ordered preventive measures to 18 persons and insurance measures in the amount of 21,576,087 lei.

Police are also investigating irregularities in carrying out public procurement, being in 1,147 criminal prosecution files in their own instrumentation and based on 397 delegation ordinances from the Prosecutor's Units. Within these activities, preventive measures were ordered compared to 5 persons, and the value of the insured damage was 6,016,840 lei.

Another 1,138 criminal prosecution files concern offenses of money laundering, in these species the value of the insured damage amounting to 100,369,540 lei.

For other irregularities in the sphere of economic crime, the police applied 3,690 contraventional sanctions, worth 17,935,000 lei.

“In the first 7 months of the year, the structures of investigating the economic crime in the country carried out 229 major actions for the destruction of criminal groups and the proof of criminal activity, in complex criminal files. Within these files, 2,286 were carried out of domicile searches and 422 were implemented. investigated 6,636 persons, for crimes of economic – financial nature, for 437 of them being ordered preventive measures (64 preventive arrest, 14 for home arrest, 250 judicial control, 2 judicial control for bail and 107 deductions) ””according to the data given to the advertising by the IGPR.