EU's Chief Prosecutor Kovesi vows not to bend under pressure
[Associated Press] VADIM GHIRDA, Associated Press•October 8, 2019
In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, Laura Codruta Kovesi, Romania's former chief anti-corruption prosecutor who will direct the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) - tasked with investigating fraud connected to the use of EU funds and other financial crimes, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Bucharest, Romania. For Kovesi, opposition to her successful candidacy to become the European Union’s first chief prosecutor came from a familiar source - her own country’s government. Kovesi spent five years as head of the Romanian Anticorruption Directorate and those indicted by her office included 14 Cabinet members, 53 lawmakers and a member of the European Parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — For Romania's Laura Codruta Kovesi, opposition to her successful candidacy to become the European Union's first chief prosecutor came from a familiar source — her own country's government.
Kovesi spent five years as the head of the Romanian Anticorruption Directorate — known as the DNA — achieving remarkable results. Those indicted included 14 Cabinet members, 53 lawmakers and a member of the European Parliament.
Still, she was removed by the governing Social Democrats in July 2018, an act many in Romania believe was political retaliation for her department's successes.
Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/eus-chief-prosecutor-kovesi-vows-061748399.html
She's pretty interesting if one reads up on her. She fought corruption very well in a country with probably a lot of it, Romania, now, she is the chief prosecutor for the EU.
