{"id":8747,"date":"2026-02-05T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8747"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:01:13","slug":"anti-corruption-prosecutors-reportedly-investigating-bucharests-district-3-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8747","title":{"rendered":"Anti-corruption prosecutors reportedly investigating Bucharest’s District 3 mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-corruption prosecutors conducted searches in 11 locations in Bucharest and Ilfov County, including the headquarters of the District 3 City Hall, on Thursday, February 5, in a case of abuse of office.\u00a0According to judicial sources cited by Agerpres<\/a>, checks have also been carried out at the home of District 3 mayor Robert Negoi\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n

The offenses investigated pertain to the construction of several streets without proper legal documents. Specifically, the City Hall, led by mayor Robert Negoi\u021b\u0103, allegedly used public funds to build a road to a real estate project owned by the mayor\u2019s brother, Ionu\u021b Negoi\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n

\u201cProsecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate are conducting investigations in a criminal case concerning suspicions regarding the commission, in the period 2017\u20132025, of crimes assimilated to corruption. The acts under investigation were allegedly committed by public officials, with the support of accomplices, and concern construction and asphalting works on several streets in District 3 of Bucharest, which were allegedly carried out without legal documents,\u201d DNA announced in a press release.<\/p>\n

Last year, independent journalists at Recorder<\/a> reported that Robert Negoi\u021b\u0103 had ordered, in recent years, the illegal construction of 11 asphalt roads over gas mains in eastern Bucharest. The roads were built in disregard of the warnings of danger from gas operator Transgaz.<\/p>\n

The mayor responded at the time to the accusations, stating that the roads had always been there, and the gas pipes appeared later. Following inspections, one of these roads was closed.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the investigation, Bucharest prefect Andrei Nistor told Digi24<\/a> that the roads, built over gas pipelines, are still not closed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI noticed something sad: it was built without permits, over a gas main, on private land, and it was not even City Hall land. There were some former dirt roads, some lanes, practically,\u201d said the prefect, referring to the land owned by the mayor\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n

Nistor said those roads were needed because the area has developed a lot in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, everything was done in a rush: \u2018let\u2019s asphalt them, we won\u2019t wait for permits.\u2019 And a disaster could have happened, like in other places, like Rahova, for example,\u201d said the prefect, referring to the building in District 5 that exploded<\/a> due to gas leaks.<\/p>\n

Recorder also published information<\/a> regarding the road allegedly built for the mayor\u2019s brother. According to the journalists, the road was built with City Hall machinery, personnel, and materials behind the Laminor Hall, which allows access to the area where Ionu\u021b Negoi\u021b\u0103\u2019s companies will construct the HILS Republica real estate complex, not far from the subway station of the same name.<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: Inquam Photos | Sabin Cirstoveanu)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anti-corruption prosecutors conducted searches in 11 locations in Bucharest and Ilfov County, including the headquarters of the District 3 City Hall, on Thursday, February 5, in a case of abuse of office.\u00a0According to judicial sources cited by Agerpres, checks have also been carried out at the home of District 3 mayor Robert Negoi\u021b\u0103. The offenses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}