History and Notable Events
The predecessor of SRI was Securitate. Securitate ceased to exist in 1989. SRI took over the buildings, staff, equipment and virtually everything that belonged to the previous agency. Over the years, the activity of SRI has been unknown.
A possible controversy (that has been constant since 1990) is the fact that SRI was used (by the executive) to illegally tap the phones of dignitaries and other public figures. However, no official confirmation has yet been made, although the president of the Group of Political Investigations (a Romanian organization that independently monitors the activity of state agencies), Mugur Ciuvică, has stated that he has evidence of this.
On 28th of February 2008, the Romanian counter-intelligence officers arrested a Bulgarian military attache, Petar Marinov Zikolov, and a Romanian NCO, Floricel Achim. They have been prosecuted with charges of espionage. It is believed that the leaked information might have been sent to Russia or Ukraine. The Bulgarians have denied any connection with Zikolov. This has been one of the few espionage cases that have received media attention.
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