Four people from Bosanci must pay a total of 40,000 lei after using the Romanian flag as a tarp to haul dry leaves and plant debris from the town hall yard.

Four local residents from the commune of Bosanci, Suceava County, were each fined 10,000 lei after they used Romania’s National Flag to transport plant waste. The incident took place on November 5, 2026, in the center of the commune, during community service activities.

Police officers from the Ipotești Rural Police Section 2 took action on their own initiative after images appeared in the public domain showing the flag being used in a manner considered inappropriate and offensive.

Investigations established that the four people, aged between 36 and 39, all from Bosanci and receiving social assistance, were carrying out work to clean the roses in the center of the locality. After the activities ended, one of them took, without the administrator’s consent, a worn flag stored in the town hall’s storage room.

Although the institution’s employees had provided them with suitable tools, the local residents repeatedly used the flag to transport the plant waste. Suceava County Police Inspectorate announced that the sanctions were applied under Article 20 of Law No. 75/1994. The total value of the fines is 40,000 lei.