Anti-corruption enforcement capacityinstitutional
0.60Strengthened70% impact weight
Sustained high-level prosecutions demonstrated active enforcement capacity; confidence medium due to contested reporting.
actionneeds reviewconfidence: medium
Romania's DNA prosecutes high-level officials (2013-2018)
Under chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi (2013-2018), Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) indicted and convicted large numbers of senior officials — mayors, MPs, ministers and a former prime minister — with reported conviction rates above 90%. The campaign sharply raised public trust in the DNA but ended with Kövesi's contested removal in July 2018, later found by the European Court of Human Rights to have violated her rights.
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Under chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi (2013-2018), Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) indicted and convicted large numbers of senior officials — mayors, MPs, ministers and a former prime minister — with reported conviction rates above 90%. The campaign sharply raised public trust in the DNA but ended with Kövesi's contested removal in July 2018, later found by the European Court of Human Rights to have violated her rights.
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