Romania: Ruling on intelligence pact puts trials in doubt

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s Constitutional Court has ruled that secret protocols between prosecutors and the country’s domestic intelligence agency were unconstitutional.
The decision could cause murder and corruption trials in which prosecutors have relied on evidence that was obtained under the agreement to collapse.
The General Prosecutor’s office and the Romanian Intelligence Service signed the protocols in 2009 and 2016.
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