Perp Walk ‘Fashion’ Frustrates Romanian Anti-Graft Prosecutor
- Suspects boost attacks to undermine judiciary, Kovesi says
- Prosecutor says she’s determined to continue anti-graft fight
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Romanian politicians, whose ranks have been decimated by hundreds of graft-related arrests, are trying to undermine the biggest anti-corruption drive in the country’s modern history by trivializing the investigations, Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi said.
“Lately, we have been seeing an attempt to mock the anti-corruption fight, to make it insignificant,” Kovesi said in an interview in Bucharest on Thursday. “So what if you’re investigated by the prosecutors? It’s fashionable to be investigated by the anti-corruption directorate.”