Lawyers Constantin Timofti, Silvian Ciornei and Alexandru Matu were deprived of licenses by an order made by Minister of Justice Oleg Efrim. The ethics and discipline commission of the Lawyers Union established that the three committed irregularities in their work, IPN reports.

According to a communiqué from the Ministry of Justice, the penalized lawyers are to give back their licenses and permits to the Council of the Lawyers Association within 10 days.