One of the most wanted Romanian criminals, Vasile Rodideal, who was born in Moldova, was arrested in Moscow, the Russian press reports, quoted by IPN.
Vasile Rodideal was arrested at the end of February based on a warrant issued by a Moscow court. He is to be handed over to the law enforcement agencies in Romania. The necessary package of documents to solve the extradition issue will be sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the Russian law enforcement agencies have already received confirmation of the intention to request Rodideal's extradition, the Russian press reported.
According to information published by the Romanian police, Vasile Rodideal was sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for committing a number of serious crimes, including the founding and supporting of an organized crime group, illegal possession of ammunition intended for weapons of war, inciting to premeditated murder, inciting to hold a counterfeit banknote in order to put it into circulation, driving a car on public roads despite the temporary suspension of the right to drive.
