Bucharest Sector 3 mayor Robert Negoiță charged with abuse of office over a road built on land tied to his brother; a court revoked his judicial control in February, and anticorruption prosecutors searched city hall again in May
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Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) charged Robert Negoiță, PSD mayor of Sector 3, Bucharest, with abuse of office. Prosecutors allege that in summer 2025 he ordered a road built with public money on private land owned by a company linked to a real estate project of his brother, Ionuț Negoiță, causing estimated damage of over 902,000 lei to Sector 3; a separate strand covers 11 streets worked on without required permits and Transgaz approvals. On 5 February 2026 the DNA placed him under judicial control with 800,000 lei bail and barred him from exercising his mayoral duties, but on 12 February 2026 the Bucharest Tribunal revoked that measure in a final decision and he returned to office. On 13 May 2026, DNA prosecutors searched Sector 3 city hall and the Local Police in a probe into alleged corruption in the hiring and promotion of Local Police staff, according to press reports citing judicial sources; no official details were released. Negoiță denies wrongdoing; all suspects are presumed innocent.
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- romania.europalibera.org — Robert Negoiță se poate întoarce la primărie
Tribunalul București a revocat măsura controlului judiciar luată de DNA pe 5 februarie
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