Police Integrity To Be Tested By Undercover Agents

05.11.2011 By Bostan Radu

The employees of the Romanian Interior Ministry will soon go through integrity tests, given by undercover officers, said chief-commissioner Gabriel Constantin of the ministry's General Anticorruption Department (DGA) in a press conference on Wednesday.

The employees' integrity will be tested by undercover officers in situations similar to those encountered during their regular duties, said Constantin.

According to him, the Traffic Police is especially "vulnerable" to corruption, given its direct dealings with citizens.

The chief-commissioner said 3,752 people were investigated for corruption in 2010, including 1,656 who worked in the Interior Ministry's structures: 222 in the Police Department, 38 in the Border Police, nine in the Gendarmerie, 69 in the Fire Department, 19 in public administration, and 19 in other ministry structures.