The Ministry of Justice announced that on June 24, citizen Ionuț Mircea Costea is to be transferred to Romanian authorities. Costea is being brought to Romanian territory by Romanian Police officers and will be incarcerated in a facility under the authority of the National Administration of Penitentiaries.
Ionuț Costea, the former president of Eximbank and brother-in-law of Mircea Geoană, had been internationally wanted and was located by Gândul reporters in Istanbul, where even Interpol had failed to find him.
The Romanian Police stated that following an exchange of data and information between the SIRENE Bureau within the International Police Cooperation Center – I.G.P.R. and Turkish authorities, a 64-year-old man, internationally wanted for bribery, was located in Istanbul.
Judicial sources confirmed to MEDIAFAX that the person is Ionuț Costea, former Eximbank director and Mircea Geoană’s brother-in-law. ...