European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kovesi expresses shock over issues in Romanian justice system

European chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kovesi, the former head of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), said she was “shocked” by the revelations made by magistrates in the Recorder documentary ‘Captured Justice,' released on December 9.

The media investigation, which fueled major street protests in Romania, details how a structure coordinated and controlled through alleged benefits and penalties handed out by High Court president Lia Savonea and her allies led to the capture of the entire judicial system over the past year. According to Recorder, a small group took advantage of the power vested in the heads of courts to legally free high-profile politicians and businessmen, some of them already with a final sentence.