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Băsescu-Bercea Mondial case file: The chronology of a cover up

Băsescu-Bercea Mondial case file: The chronology of a cover up
30 Iun 2014   •   13:40
The information that Mircea Basescu is associated to a company that supplied weapons set to be destroyed to a  terrorist organizations in Angola,  comes up  first in 2009, on August 24. The associate would be  Bakri Imaud Reda known as Hezbollah financier.

As of that movement it becomes possible that  Mircea Basescu be intercepted by SRI in one of the thousands of interception warrants on  national security.

Subsequently, the presidential administration responds and says that it is "a systematic campaign to discredit the state institutions".


Mircea Basescu, from arms trading to the business relationship with Bercea Mondial. The  President’s brother  holds a stake of 30%  in the Desintco company. The  Desintco business scandal began after it was learned that Mircea Basescu was associated with several heads of the national defense industry, but also with representatives of major U.S. armament and military equipment companies.

On September 8, 2009, at the  Roma Festival  in Costesti,  Bercea Mondial is posing holding arms with president Traian Băsescu Basescu  and offering a gold locket to Maria Băsescu. Moreover, President Basescu  and  Bercea Mondial are protected by SPP officers. Bercea was already monitored by SRI since 2001, as recently revealed  by George Maior.

On January 20, 2010, the arms trafficking scandal becomes international after an investigation of  Taiwan into an  arms trafficking scandal targeting Mircea Basescu.

On February  20, 2011, Bercea Mondial is detained and arrested.


Later, police raided the homes of Bercea - on March 24, 2011. Mircea Basescu is allegedly  suspected that  he got 300,000 euro bribe from Bercea Mondfial  and that according to  Adevarul newspaper, he  was still waiting for another  400,000 euros. 

On March 24, 2011, Adevărul reports that  according to investigators  Mircea Basescu would have received from  Bercea 300,000 euros to intervene in one of his files.  

A month later, on April 14, 2011, Bercea Mondial is prosecuted.  

On February 22, 2012, Bercea Mondial  is sentenced to seven years and six months in prison. The first series of recordings Mircea Basescu - Basica started in  this period.

The following year, on November 1, 2013, the Court of Appeal  in  Craiova  extended Bercea’s sentence to 10 years.  

On May 16, 2014, Bercea Mondial is finally sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison. It is at this time that  Bercea’s  family starts asking their  money back.  

On May 30, 2014, Marius Constantin, son in law  of Bercea Mondial  is apprehended by the DNA based on the complained filed by  Mircea Basescu for  blackmail. 

On June 13, 2014, Bercea’s  family submit the recordings to the  DNA.  

On June 18, 2014, the “Daily Summary” show broadcast the recordings of the talks between Mircea Basescu - Basica: Bribe for President. 

On the evening of June 19,  Mircea Basescu is detained by the  DNA  for 24 hours for inquiries, no raids are conducted .

On June 19, Bercea Mondial is brought to DNA for statements, where he tells journalists that he has given 2 million to escape from prison and says: "Kovesi took through her driver. Livia Stanciu took some of the money too."  

After a day on June 20, 2014, the Bucharest Court decides Mircea Basescu's arrest for 29 days.  

The motivation, says: "After this denunciation three others were filed  with identical content received from other institutions."

The information was presented Sunday at the Daily Summary show on Antena 3.

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