In March 2012 , two citizens of Romania and Serbia met a businessman in a fancy restaurant
Those of Pullman Hotel near downtown Bucharest to heatedly discussing how much money should be provided for . Bribe the judge and how to do it without getting caught .
One of the men at the table it was Aleksandar Andrejevic , director Mineco Ltd ,
subsidiary based in Switzerland Mineco , a multinational business field of natural resources .
Whereas the previous three months , the Serbian Law officials are looking for in relation to Andrejevic .
allegations of fraud charges , but they were not enough evidence menukan .
The other two are Iacob Chişărău company director mineral Romania
Moldomin company , and Dan Adrian Rus , representatives of subsidiaries in Mineco
Bucharest.
The meeting was important . At stake is at least U.S. $ 1 billion asset investment in copper mines
controlled by Moldomin , who previously was a Romanian state-owned companies are now approaching bankruptcy . Mineco
have earned the right to exploit the copper deposits of Moldomin , but the opposition that comes from the Romanians who considers Mineco not eligible to win the tender . .
Romanian authorities have tried to block the sale of the asset. But a week earlier , the Court of Appeal decided that Mineco Timisoara could continue to make the process of asset purchases Moldomin . But that decision jeopardized , the article . Was no attempt to take over bankrupt stock Moldomin carabao . .
To make sure they got the decision they need .
Romanian and Serbian businessmen to bribe Judge Catalin Nicolae vice president of the High Court of Serbia
Court officials Timisoara . initial contact with the judge .
Masonic lodges where this judge and Chişărău are " brothers " .
It talks entrepreneurs , secretly recorded by a team of Romanian prosecutors .
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project combed the records in the investigation of the bribery case which occurred in Russia , Serbia , Romania , Switzerland , the UK and Cyprus . They include members of the investigation team Masonic lodges , the Russian representative , oversaw directly by the President .
Representing Vladimir Putin 's United Russia party and other parties .
This investigation is complex . Discussion begins at least six men days before their talks in Pullman , when met at the time of the meeting Andrejevic said Chişărău silently noted that his boss . Dimitrije ( Miki ) Aksentijević will seek them will win the tender if a bribe is transferred through bank accounts . And not in cash .. Chişărău said that he feared that the withdrawal of large sums of money from the bank will draw the attention of the authorities in Serbia
Serbia , however , assured that they know how to do these things .
At Pullman meeting , they decided that Chişărău will take cash in Serbia , .
and the judges got it though . Romanian Andrejevic told he would not be present under on face to face with employers at a meeting in Serbia but he promised that others would represent him .
Meeting in Bela Crkva .
Two days later , Chişărău cross into Serbia entered Bela Crkva , a small town of 8,000 about 10 kilometers from the border with Romania . Together he was chief of police
Moldova Noua , a town near the Romanian border in Serbia . They both had shopped
about an hour , and then at 4pm they stopped near the Hotel Royal in the suburbs .
Wait they are black 4x4 car with two strangers inside and the envelope containing the money with the Euro . Chişărău took the money and went back to his car . It took less than two minutes to complete their transaction .
About 15 minutes later , Director Mineco Ltd Andrejevic receive a text message that simply said : " Done . "
But what Andrejevic may not know is that Chişărău immediately ambushed him from entering the area . Romania .
Romanian law enforcement find € 50,000 on him . But it is not a Romanian businessman .
was arrested for being willing to work together with the police and follow the plan that bribery as an informant .
On the same day , the money was marked with the words "traffic de influentă " - Romania
for " influence peddling " - with ink visible only under special neon light .
The envelope is not received by the judges , however . According to the prosecution he was asked to leave the cash Chişărău at the notary office of his wife, in an attempt to disguise bribes as fictitious transactions .
Despite efforts sought to be disguised bribery but the judge could soon be arrested . Mineco expect him to spend to influence his colleagues on the appeals court in not just one but two cases in court cases .
The first is to deny the appeal by Romania on the sales tax office
Moldomin assets , and the second is to block state efforts to replace trustee
Moldomin handle the sale of assets in bankruptcy proceedings . The guardian ,
Traian Răzvan Zăvăleanu , initially handed Moldomin to Mineco .
Apparently, the judge not only block the effort , but stiffed on .
payments . The envelope deficiency payments demanded by € 10,000 .
Andrejevic and Aksentijević , left Romania on the day of surgery prosecutors . them .
currently being investigated .
The other briber this year will be sentenced by the High Court on June 18 , Judge Serbs were found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison and Adrian Rus received a two year suspended sentence , while his judges rewarded . Probation for three years . In a separate trial in February 2013 . Chişărău.dihukum three years in prison .
Business Unusual
Efforts to control Moldomin also back this year involving a more organized network consisting of the briber . states and companies , including one that involved a famous wealthy financiers
Marc Rich Americans who died earlier this month , he is the founder of Glencore . Mineral trading company one of the largest in the world . Both Rich and
Glencore has been involved in many controversies over the years .
Andrejevic , who is being investigated in Romania for his role in the bribery , was also investigated in Serbia for alleged fraud involving privatization Mineco . Authorities in Serbia began to hear the case in November 2011.
His boss , Aksentijević , is a member of the board of directors in Mineco AG , a company incorporated . in 2002 in the Swiss canton of Zug . He's a . dual citizen of Britain and Serbia.yang also worked for Glencore . He is also the son Dragan Aksentijević , former Aviogenex , a state-owned charter airline in the former Yugoslavia and parts of
Genex Group , one of the major trading companies in the former communist Yugoslavia .
The Serbia through Mineco Moldomin initially targeted in 2006 when Mineco . Together with a local company called Metanef , participated in the initial offer to join the effort
Romania in the use of copper reserves . At that time , Rus was an executive .
Metanef group . Such Mineco , the Romanian company connected before.
to Glencore . This effort failed .
A new opportunity emerged in 2010 , when Moldomin collapse under the burden of debt .
State-owned enterprises owe close to € 50 million for the state budget . collapse .
occurred despite the fact tergolomg Moldomin great asset it .
The Company has exploitation rights over a large area located north of the river Danube . Today, the Romanian authorities are trying to prove that the control Mineco about .
Moldomin assets not carried out in accordance with the provisions .
Spies
This is not the only controversy Mineco has been involved with in Romania . In the month of October.
years ago , a middle-aged Russian geologist with gray hair and a thick mustache at Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest for a morning flight .
Romanian law enforcement approached him while waiting for his plane . their search
Romanian authorities discovered what would later claim classified geological maps .
A week later , the Directorate of Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism ( DIICOT ) .
and the Romanian Intelligence Service ( SRI ) announced that they have found .
espionage and national security threats to Romania . They say the map .
contains confidential information about copper and rare metals reserves in the area Moldova.Noua . However , the charges were later changed to corruption ..
In the midst of the investigation was a Russian citizen described by officials only as .
" O.M. " Russian citizens , 42 years " .
OCCRP have identified the man as Mikhail Orlov , a geologist who was part of the team
Russian mining expert was brought to Romania by the Aksentijević Mineco . prosecutor
confirm the identity .
OCCRP learn team of experts headed by Ilyas Abdrakhmanov , 62 , representative of
Bashkiria Republic , the Russian Federation Territory and member of the United Party
Russian political party led by Putin . This case is being investigated .
(Source : https://reportingproject.net )
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