Policeman from Câmpulung, detained by the DNA. He is accused of having promised another policeman that, for 12,000 euros, he could “intervene” to be moved

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A rights and freedoms judge from the Argeș Court ordered, on May 23, 2026, the preventive arrest for 30 days of a police officer from Câmpulung, in a case of traffic of influence instrumented by the National Anticorruption Directorate – Pitesti Territorial Service. The measure comes after the prosecutors formulated a proposal in this sense, against the background of some accusations aimed at alleged interventions promised in exchange for sums of money.

A policeman and his dual role at the center of the investigation

In the attention of the investigators is Marian Niculin-Rujoiu, who at the time of the events was a police officer within the Câmpulung Municipality Police – Public Order Bureau, but also president of a county branch within a trade union from the police.

In this capacity, he would have entered into a relationship with another policeman, from whom he would have requested money to mediate his transfer between county structures.

Claims of money and promises of influence

From the data presented by the prosecutors, it appears that the situation would have started in February 2026, when the defendant would have claimed the amount of 12,000 euros, and later, in March 2026, he would have received 10,000 lei, representing part of the requested amount. Instead, he would have claimed that he can intervene with people with management positions in two county police inspectorates to facilitate the policeman’s move.

“On May 23, 2026, the judge of rights and liberties of the Argeș Court admitted the proposal of preventive arrest for a period of 30 days formulated by the prosecutors of the National Anticorruption Directorate – Pitesti Territorial Service against the defendant NICULIN-RUJOIU MARIAN, at the time of the act a police officer within the Câmpulung Municipality Police – Public Order Bureau and president of a county branches within a police union, for committing the crime of influence peddling. From the evidence administered so far, the prosecutors have retained the following facts: During February 2026, the defendant Niculin-Rujoiu Marian, in the previously mentioned capacities, allegedly demanded the sum of 12,000 euros from another police officer, of which during March 2026 he would have received the sum of 10,000 lei, in exchange for the promise that he would exercise the influence he claimed to have on some persons with management positions within two county police inspectorates, to determine the approval of the respective policeman from one inspectorate to another. The defendant was informed of the procedural quality and the criminal charges, in accordance with the provisions of Article 309 of the Criminal Procedure Code Ms in a statement.

In the same statement it is also stated that “in the case, the prosecutors benefit from the support of the workers of the General Anticorruption Directorate”, and the procedures are carried out according to the legal framework, in the phase in which the criminal action is set in motion, a stage which “cannot, in any situation, defeat the principle of the presumption of innocence”.