Călin Georgescu remains in preventive detention, decided the Court of Appeal of Bucharest definitively. The judges' solution

News Alert Călin Georgescu remains in preventive detention, decided definitively by the Court of Appeal of Bucharest. The judges' solution Călin Georgescu will remain in preventive detention, decided definitively by the Court of Appeal of Bucharest. The judges dismantled the decision of the Bucharest Tribunal, which initially agreed to replace preventive detention with house arrest. The decision of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest was given in complete disagreement, as the two judges who initially analyzed the DIICOT objection in this case were unable to reach a consensus. UPDATE 13:39 Călin Georgescu remains in preventive detention, decided by the Court of Appeal of Bucharest. The judges accepted the DIICOT objection and dismantled the decision of the first instance, when the Bucharest Tribunal had decided to keep him in house arrest. "Accepts the objection filed by the Prosecutor's Office of the Supreme Court of Cassation and Justice - DIICOT against the detention order issued by the judge of rights and freedoms of the Bucharest Tribunal - Sector I Criminal. Dismantles the contested detention order in its entirety and, on its merits, rejudges: Rejects the request of the detainee-accused for the replacement of the preventive detention measure with the measure of house arrest.(...) Final", is an excerpt from the solution of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest. Călin Georgescu left the courtroom UPDATE 10.49 Călin Georgescu left the Court of Appeal of Bucharest and was transported back to the Central Detention Center of the Capital, where he will await the final decision regarding the preventive measure. Initially, the former presidential candidate expressed the desire to remain in the courtroom until the decision was announced. If the court accepts the prosecutors' objection, Călin Georgescu will remain in preventive detention until the expiration of the 30-day period. However, if it is rejected, the former candidate will be placed in house arrest, according to the decision of the Bucharest Tribunal of October 13. Traffic blocked in front of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest by Călin Georgescu's supporters UPDATE 10.39 Approximately 500 supporters of Călin Georgescu blocked traffic on Friday on Splaiul Independenței, in front of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest, while awaiting the final decision regarding the preventive measure applied to the former presidential candidate. The Road Police imposed traffic restrictions, and the Capital Gendarmerie appealed for calm. The demonstrators occupied the roadway, forcing the authorities to stop traffic on several roads in the area. "In the context of the protest currently underway, for the optimal management of traffic flows and the protection of participants on the roadway, the Road Brigade imposed traffic restrictions on Splaiul Independenței from the United Nations Boulevard to Piața Unirii", reported the Road Brigade. Restrictions were also imposed from the intersection of the Freedom Boulevard with Splaiul Independenței to the United Nations Bridge, as well as from the intersection of the United Nations Boulevard with the Freedom Boulevard to the same bridge. The Capital Gendarmerie confirmed that some demonstrators entered the roadway and warned that blocking traffic could endanger the safety of participants and hinder the intervention of ambulances, firefighters, and other emergency teams. "We understand the importance of every person's right to express their opinions freely and to participate in public gatherings. At the same time, we appeal for responsibility, because the safety of everyone must remain a priority", the institution transmitted. Dialogue teams from the Gendarmerie are present at the scene, trying to communicate with the demonstrators and ensure the protest takes place in safe conditions. One of Călin Georgescu's bodyguards, heard at DIICOT UPDATE 10.35 Marin Burcea, one of Călin Georgescu's bodyguards, was heard on Friday, as a witness, at the DIICOT headquarters, according to judicial sources. The hearing takes place in the file in which the former presidential candidate is suspected of having asked a specialist to verify whether surveillance devices were installed in his villa in Mogoșoaia by investigators. Marin Burcea, nicknamed "Lunetistul", was a fighter in the Stray Legion and collaborated with Eugen Sechila, the leader of a neo-legionary movement in Romania, according to information in the mainstream press. He was also associated in a company with Dorina Mihai, about whom the press reported had ties to Romanian and Russian military personnel. According to DIICOT, on September 26, 2026, a 35-year-old man had verified, at the request of a 64-year-old suspect, the property in Mogoșoaia, to identify the audio-video recording devices used by investigators and to intervene in the surveillance systems. "From the criminal investigation documents it appears that, on September 26, 2026, a suspect aged 35, at the request of another suspect aged 64 (who has the status of accused in another file initiated by DIICOT - Central Structure), proceeded to scan/verify his property, in the commune of Mogoșoaia, Ilfov county, with the aim of identifying the audio-video recording means used by judicial bodies, as well as altering computer data or disturbing the functioning of the computer systems used for the implementation of technical surveillance measures", DIICOT transmitted in a public statement on Wednesday. The prosecutors specified that the verification took place after the search carried out at the same property on September 21, within an investigation in which technical surveillance measures were also decided. "The result of the investigation, namely the alteration of computer data and the disturbance or damage of the technical means used by judicial bodies, did not occur, for reasons independent of the suspects' will", the investigators further transmitted. The judges did not reach an agreement on the preventive measure UPDATE 10:22 The two judges made contrary decisions and are in complete disagreement. One of the magistrates decided to keep house arrest, and the other to remain in preventive detention. The third magistrate will intervene and balance the scales. Călin Georgescu decided to await the verdict, which will be final, in the courtroom. UPDATE 09:47 The session ended. UPDATE 09:07 Călin Georgescu was brought from custody to the court. He was met by supporters who chanted: "Călin Georgescu is president" and "Călin Georgescu is innocent". They also had tricolor flags and banners with the message "Justice for Călin". Why Călin Georgescu was placed in preventive detention The initial information. On Tuesday, October 13, the Bucharest Tribunal decided to place Călin Georgescu in house arrest, thus taking a milder preventive measure in the case of the former presidential candidate, who was in preventive detention since September 29, in the case of fraud worth 1.1 million euros. The judge from the Bucharest Tribunal who decided to place Georgescu in house arrest is the same magistrate who initially rejected the prosecutors' request for preventive arrest of him by placing him under judicial control. This decision was contested by the higher court, which ordered preventive arrest for 30 days of the former presidential candidate. In this case, Călin Georgescu, Ioan Rusen, and an Italian citizen are accused of constituting an organized criminal group convincing a Romanian businessman that he could obtain €6 million in financing by concluding a credit agreement with a banking institution, on the condition of depositing a guarantee of over one million euros. The decision of October 13 by the Bucharest Tribunal was contested by the prosecutors, so Georgescu remained in Central Detention, the objection to be judged on Friday by the Court of Appeal of Bucharest. According to investigators, during September 2021, Georgescu, Rusen, and an Italian citizen formed an organized criminal group that acted in a coordinated manner under the authority of the leader - a Romanian citizen aged 64 - especially on the territory of Romania and Great Britain "for the purpose of obtaining unjust property". The administrative investigation so far showed that, starting from September 2021, during meetings organized in Bucharest and Argeș county, and later on the territory of Great Britain, the members of the organized criminal group misled a victim into believing that he could obtain €6,000,000 by concluding a credit agreement with a banking institution, on the condition of depositing a guarantee. In these circumstances, the perpetrators caused the victim to transfer over €1,000,000. Later, under the pretext that the credit could be increased to €15,000,000, on the condition of depositing an additional guarantee, they caused the victim to transfer another amount, of €100,000. The victim registered a total loss of over €1.1 million. On October 7, the prosecutors of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism announced that they had seized several bank accounts opened in the name of Călin Georgescu after seizing the property in Mogoșoaia of the former presidential candidate. The former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has four criminal files in his name, two recent and two older, the latter already in court. The most recent file against Georgescu was opened by the Prosecutor's Office of Buftea, in which he was accused of publicly saluting the legion upon leaving a police station. On Thursday, the police from Ilfov went to the Central Detention Center in Bucharest to hear him, but Georgescu invoked the right to silence and refused to give statements. The day before, the DIICOT prosecutors conducted searches at two addresses in Bucharest in a criminal case concerning illegal operations with devices or computer programs. In this case, Călin Georgescu was asked to scan the villa in Mogoșoaia, subject to the searches of September 21, for the purpose of identifying the audio-video recording means used by investigators, as well as altering computer data or disturbing the functioning of the computer systems used for the implementation of technical surveillance measures. Georgescu is also investigated in two other criminal cases, both of which are in court. One case is the one in which he was tried, alongside the former mercenary Horatiu Potra and 20 other accused for destabilizing Romania, Georgescu being accused of complicity in an attempt to commit actions against the constitutional order and the transmission of false information, continuously, and Horatiu Potra of attempting to commit actions against the constitutional order, non-respect of the arms and ammunition regime, and non-respect of the explosives regime. On Monday, October 28, the court postponed the case to October 12.