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The PSD mayor of Slănic Moldova, detained by the DNA for taking bribes

Gabriel Dumitrache

28 October 2026, 11:52

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The mayor of the town of Slănic Moldova, Benone Moraru (PSD), was detained by DNA prosecutors for 24 hours, being accused of allegedly accepting a bribe in connection with the awarding and execution of a contract concluded by the town hall. Prosecutors are expected to present him to the Bucharest Tribunal with a proposal for 30 days of preventive detention.

According to the DNA, on July 23, 2026, the mayor allegedly received 15,000 euros from a representative of a commercial company as the first installment of money. The sum was allegedly requested in the context of a services contract worth 1,464,349.43 lei concerning the restoration of the town’s drinking water supply capacity. At that time, some of the works had already been paid for by the town hall.

The new development in the investigation is that, on October 27, Moraru allegedly received another 6,000 euros from the same person and was caught red-handed by anticorruption prosecutors. In total, the DNA claims that the mayor allegedly collected 21,000 euros.

Benone Moraru is serving his first term as mayor, after being elected in June 2024 on behalf of the PSD. The DNA accusations do not constitute a conviction, and the investigation is ongoing.

Context: The DNA has recently intensified corruption investigations, from public institutions to the private sector

Prior to the case in Slănic Moldova, the National Anticorruption Directorate announced arrests and preventive measures in similar cases. Thus, the DNA detained for 24 hours the head of the Ilfov Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Service, Mihai Niță, and a coordinator within the institution, in a case involving taking bribes and forming an organized criminal group, with the investigation also targeting other agents and driving instructors.

At the same time, investigators requested pretrial detention in another case, in which the director of Waldevar Energy and a Slovenian businessman were detained for corruption in the private sector, while prosecutors claimed that a sum of 450,000 euros (plus VAT) had allegedly been requested as a percentage of a contract for an energy storage project.

Regarding the medical system, the DNA also reported a plea agreement in the case of the former manager of the “Mavromati” Botoșani County Emergency Hospital, for acts related to competitions, hiring, and transfers, with a sentence of three years in prison suspended.