Romania launches major investigation into chief of defence staff

Prosecutors from the National Anti-Corruption Directorate of Romania have opened a criminal case against Chief of the Defence Staff General Vlad Gheorghiță.

According to investigators, the general is suspected of complicity in the unlawful occupation of a public office.

Earlier, Georgiță appeared for questioning at the military division of the anti-corruption authority, accompanied by a lawyer and declined to answer questions from journalists.

By Jeyhun Aghazada