The Justice Ministry in Romania toughens
\nup punishment for severe crimes against the person at the same time changing
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A project on amending the Penal
\nCodes has been tabled by Minister Ana Birchall, who said the government’s
\npurpose is to have regulations to prevent tragedies like the one that recently
\nhappened in Caracal, southern Romania, where a serial killer kidnapped, raped
\nand murdered two teenagers. <\/p>\n
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Kidnapping is punishable by prison
\nsentences between 2 and 8 years. The age limit for probation will increase from
\n60 to 65 years and so will other cumulative conditions such as the one forcing
\nthe criminal to serve 25 years in prison instead of 20 at present. The
\nanti-mafia department DIICOT will also have more competences. <\/p>\n
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Ana Birchall: We propose an
\nextension of DIICOT competences also for the aggravating versions of the crimes
\nof kidnapping and enslaving persons, due to the severity and complexity of such
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The new amendments will allow the
\npolice to carry out a house search right away and not in 24 hours as the law
\npresently stipulates. Furthermore, police will be allowed to carry out searches
\nat night between 8 pm and 6 am in severe cases. <\/p>\n
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The aforementioned amendments are
\nto be passed through emergency ordinances and come after more than 16 thousand
\ninmates have been released since October 2017 through the compensatory appeal
\nlaw endorsed by former Justice Ministry Tudorel Toader, backed at that time by
\nthe PSD-ALDE coalition. Some of these inmates who were serving sentences for
\nmurder, theft or rape relapsed into criminal behavior shortly after their
\nrelease. <\/p>\n
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Another project proposed by the
\ngovernment is aimed at increasing the performance of the 112 emergency service.
\nOne of the most controversial rules is about preventing the purchase of prepaid
\ncards without identification since almost half of the total number of emergency
\ncalls last year proved to be prank calls. According to Interior Minister Raed
\nArafat, the method, which has already been implemented in 22 European
\ncountries, is meant to discourage prank callers at the same time enabling
\nrescuers to locate the person who needs help. <\/p>\n
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Raed Arafat A person calls for help but before being
\nable to provide the necessary data, they may pass out. They may be alone and we
\nwill not be able to locate their position. We’ll call them once, twice and then
\nit’s …over.<\/p>\n
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Another amendment refers to the
\npossibility of locating a caller by means of Google satellites with an accuracy
\nof up to 50 meters as compared to 20 or 30 kilometers allowed by the present
\nsystem. <\/p>\n
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