Operation "Jupiter 6": 55 searches on seventh day, 21 money-laundering cases
Operation "Jupiter 6" reached its seventh day of searches on Sunday, with 55 residential search warrants executed nationwide in money-laundering, usury and illegal weapons possession cases.
Seventh day of searches in "Jupiter 6": 1,652 warrants executed, 21 criminal cases opened
Operation "Jupiter 6" continued on Sunday, reaching its seventh consecutive day of searches, according to Gândul. In the course of 11 simultaneous operational actions, 55 residential search warrants were executed nationwide, under the coordination of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police.
The offences under investigation cover several areas: money laundering, usury, bribery, buying influence, fraud and falsification of documents under private signature. Investigators are also examining acts of coercion exercised against borrowed persons, aimed at recovering sums granted under usurious conditions, according to a statement from the Public Ministry.
The 21 criminal cases concerning money laundering are aimed at establishing the origin of certain sums of money and identifying the operations through which the illicit origin of these sums would have been concealed.
In the forestry sector, prosecutors are investigating illegal tree felling and transport of timber in quantities exceeding those recorded in accompanying permits — with a surplus exceeding 5 cubic metres. The facts are being investigated under article 151, paragraph 4, of Law No. 331/2024.
Regarding the regime for weapons and ammunition, the checks concern unlawful possession of a lethal weapon and unauthorised acquisition of non-lethal ammunition through online orders, in the period 2025–2026.
With the actions from this day, the total number of residential searches in operation "Jupiter 6" reached 1,652, exceeding the balance of 1,632 searches recorded in the previous operation, "Jupiter 3".
Source: Gândul