The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) has detained for 24 hours Daniel Dragomir, a former Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) officer from the Terrorism Prevention Department, accused of traffic of influence and money laundering.

The former SRI officer allegedly received a EUR 462,000 bribe, reports local Hotnews.ro.

While he was working as chief of the Terrorism Prevention and Combat Direction, Dragomir, with the help of his wife, claimed and received some EUR 462,000 from a company's administrator, between October 2012 and October 2013, according to DNA.

He asked for this amount in order to use his influence on some government officials and policy makers within the Ministry of Finance, the Romanian Tax Agency (ANAF) and the Financial Guard, to stop tax checks.

The DNA prosecutors have received help for this case from the Romanian Intelligence Service.

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