Bucharest court orders judicial control in case of alleged illegal care home network

The leader of the association operating illegal care homes in Bihor, western Romania, Viorel Pașca, his wife, and their three sons were placed under judicial control pending further investigations, according to a ruling by the Bucharest Tribunal made on Thursday, July 2.

Prosecutors say that starting in 2020, Pașca and his family recruited and housed vulnerable people, especially those with mental health conditions, under the pretext of providing social and humanitarian services. In reality, the victims were allegedly kept in conditions of servitude so that their assets and income from disability pensions, allowances, and donations could be taken over. In this way, the network obtained over RON 13 million (EUR 2.48 million)