A mountain road, the Transalpina, winding through grassland under a summer sky. — Photo: Olgierd Rudak / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

One Snow-Cleared Mountain Road, Timber Haulers Welcome

Price: 8.000 de lei, delivered via an intermediary. Road sector was closed until the ploughs arrived.

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RON 8,000≈ €1.5KAs stated in the source: suma de 8.000 de lei

Already sold, in 2020. Nothing on Lobay is for sale.

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Seller

Role: public official in the Alba National Roads Section, Șugag district
Institution: Secția Drumuri Naționale Alba (Alba National Roads Section)
Place: Șugag district, Alba County
Country: Romania

Item specifics

Condition	Final conviction, Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia, 31 July 2024
Location	Șugag district, Alba County, Romania
Seller	Public official, Alba National Roads Section. Name not given.
Winning bidder	A forestry company (name not published in the official record)
Category	Transport
Sold	2020
Payment method	Given through an intermediary
Returns	No returns. Administrator: 2 years in prison, to be served (2024)

Description

What the bribe bought

The payment got snow cleared on a road sector closed to traffic (the Transalpina), which made the forestry company's timber transport on that sector possible. No monetary gain is stated.

What happened

The administrator of a forestry company gave 8.000 de lei, through an intermediary, to a public official in the Alba National Roads Section, Șugag district, in 2020. The official ordered snow clearing on a road sector closed to traffic. On 31 July 2024 the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal delivered a final judgment convicting the administrator. The sentence was 2 years in prison, to be served.

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Mită pentru deszăpezire pe Transalpina: Decizie definitivă într-un dosar vechi de patru ani · Alba24 · Article in Romanian · Archived copy

Official record

Alba/ Condamnare definitivă a unui administrator de societate comercială cu activitate în domeniul forestier · Direcția Generală Anticorupție (DGA), Ministry of Internal Affairs · Article in Romanian

Shipping & returns

Authority	Kind	Amount	Year
Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia	prison sentence (administrator)	2 ani închisoare cu executare	2024
Curtea de Apel Alba Iulia	resulting prison sentence (suspension of another sentence revoked)	pedeapsa rezultantă de 5 ani închisoare cu executare	2024