#Romania the only country in Europe where Police protects the law breakers!! Civilizations have evolved to respect order contained within law... Now, imagine if you will, a society which has such laws but never enacts them: cosmetic, deceptive, anarchic! A country where there is no adherence to laws, resulting in volatility, anarchy and instability... in a European country. There exists such a society! Not at the edge of civilization but by invitation, at the edge of the European Union. A Union where officials can freely invite but then declare that they have no controls... NO COMPETENCE. They invite and then, if issues occur, they declare that they are INCOMPETENT! Let us lay down beside you - the discerning judge - the law and the government ignorance of their own laws. We speak not one word but let you, the discerning listener decide: a law abiding society or one which exists at the very edge of anarchy BUT regarded by the wise and astute in Brussels as a valid contemporary member of the European family? Romania is truly unique in Europe as it is the only country where: - the authorities, in this case, ASPA - which stands for 'Autoritatea pentru Supravegherea şi Protecţia Animalelor' and which, ironically, means 'Authority for the Supervision and Protection of Animals' and who is currently under investigation by the Romanian National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) - can raid a private pound and the adjacent veterinary clinic of Vier Pfoten, hereby destroying property and killing animals with total impunity - where its head Razvan Bancescu can appear on national TV and present his own "blacklist" of organizations and people who he has decided were no longer allowed to adopt dogs, disclosing their full names on TV, in the newspapers, the ASPA website as well as at the entrances of all ASPA "shelters", hereby violating EU Fundamental Rights, the Romanian Constitution, as well as the Romanian Civil Code as if it was the most normal thing to do - where a penitentiary center serves also as "shelter" for homeless dogs and where the applications to adopt animals are processed to verify personal details of applicants including addresses and salaries, and which is considered sensitive information in any society, are being checked by the prisoners in said prison and which is Bragadiru prison! - where dog-catchers operate at night, like thieves... because that is indeed what they are. Where they steal dogs from people's yards and like in some documented cases, even while people where walking them on the leash and when they try to protect their animals, they are then simply being beaten up - where - although the law allowing the capture and killing of any animal found on the streets after a "14-day-pre slaughter-period" spend in one of Romania's death camps, if not adopted, claimed, or perished before, is no longer applicable because the Methodological Norms for Law 258/2013 (formerly OUG 155/2001) have been suspended by the Bucharest Court of Appeal on 20th of June, 2014 making not only the killing but also their capture illegal - the authorities, in this case, ASPA, can not only continue to catch dogs (although it's illegal), but they can do that now even during night time and are even being protected by Police to ensure that they can continue their illegal activities. - where the senior figure in a position of responsibility, in this case, Razvan Bancescu, had to be restrained by police after he had beaten up people on the streets, including an attempt to violently strike a woman. This happened after he had - apparently intentionally - cut the way off a car from the Bucharest Team that followed the dog catchers to document their nightly illegal actions. His ruthless action resulted in the injury of three people who had to be taken to hospital, plus the woman that he had physically attacked. His brutal, ruthless action, which would have been an embarrassment for any civilized country and would have challenged his suitability for office and which indeed made a mockery of the Romanian authority's abilities to appoint and control, did however not result in his suspension, but he's now simply being escorted by police to protect HIM After Razvan Bancescu had caused a traffic accident and then beaten up people during the night from 7th of July, 2014, the Bucharest Team had been accompanied the next night by camera teams from Antena1, Antena3, Realitatea TV, Romania TV and DigiTV. The dog catchers where accompanied and protected by the police! 12 cars/team where present during the night from 8th of July to ensure the protection of the populace and the animals from ASPA's illegal activities and to document them. At one occasion, the dog catchers could indeed by hindered from taking dogs from private properties, but, sadly, two other attempts failed because, in one case the police protected the dog catchers, and in the other case, they refused to come when called. The Bucharest team member wrote: "On the Europe bridge, 2 dogcatchers cars (accompanied by local police with car B-130-PLB) have captured a dog, it was called 112 to 22.53, and the operator there said she did not care about the dogcatchers and to no longer call the 112 for something like this. [...] The dog was taken on private property.The three dogcatchers stole a dog on private property in the presence of police, local police, and the crews in the presence of televisions that have accompanied us. Although I have proven that the puppy has been stolen, the police failed to stop the catchers and have not led them to the unit. In this time the dog catchers cars are escorted to the shelter to leave catches. Of course there's no vet there." For too long this nation's inheritance of a communist dictatorship has ensured the continuance of corruption and media propaganda and it was like a ray of hope that some media showed the uncensored version of the video showing Bancescu brutally attacking people, including a woman, causing her hospitalization, and which identifies Romania as a nation whose policies are in ill-accord with all civilized societies. The video evidence of this government representative's uncontrolled behavior is now circulating the world and the eyes of the world are watching Romania now... The controversy created by ASPA Head, Razvan Bancescu's actions had even been debated publicly on Romanian national TV and it seemed as if the wind had changed... as if the word whispered on the wind was 'Truth'! A few hours later, Sorin Oprescu, who claims to be "European" while totally disregarding ALL European values and principales regarding moral and order of law, announced on his Facebook-page that he had a meeting at the town hall of Bucharest "with the purpose of maintaining peace and order in the city". He continued that the meeting was attended by the Prefect of the capital, Paul Nicolae Petrovan, the responsible of the General Directorate of Bucharest Police, the General Directorate of the Gendarmerie of Bucharest, the General Directorate of the Police and Local Controls of Bucharest, and the project-coordinator of the authority for the supervision and protection of animals, Razvan Bancescu, and that: "Those present at the meeting agreed and concluded that although the Norms are suspended, the legal base exists which means the program for the management of stray dogs can be continued without problems". Oprescu further stated that the Director gen adj. of the General Directorate of Bucharest Police Chief Commissioner, Roberto Stefan Ababei, noted that the police in the Capital would continue to maintain 'a climate of order and public safety, ensuring prompt intervention in order to prevent any conflicting moods in Bucharest', and that the capital Police officials, together with local police and gendarmerie and ASPA had established a way of operating and information that would allow them to intervene in the shortest time and that dog catchers had been advised to file a complaint in case they would be assaulted. An outraged visitor of Oprescu's page wrote: "Shame on you and corrupt Romanian politics, unworthy to be member of EU. What do you care your chatter from yesterday to suspend the killings - today you legalize doings of ASPA and Bancescu. He is not the victim, he is aggressor and murderer of thousands of innocent animals - we saw it - worldwide. Shame on you Romania, outrage justice and EU standards. All your public shelters are illegal working without needed standards. What has Bancescu in hand to extort you to do this - to be dubious? He is the real mayor of Bucharest - world is laughing to you. The world knows who is guilty to the tragic death of a little child Inout - the strays were without blame - you are the blame in the world. Turn and kick out Bancescu for your reputation." By his decision, Oprescu totally ignores that on Friday, 20th June 2014, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the international animal welfare organisation Four Paws, and suspended the Methodological Norms of the stray dogs euthanasia law. In the absence of Methodological Norms, Law 258/2013 (formerly OUG 155/2001) - commonly known as the Killing or Slaughter Law - no longer holds any applicable norms or legal framework to capture stray dogs, nor to issue a decision to kill them and thus became inapplicable. Thus - and with immediate effect - not only the killing of healthy dogs is illegal, but so is their capture. How rotten is a society where authorities disregard laws and court orders, where the police not only watches dog catchers stealing dogs from people's yard but even protects them, and where those who try to protect the populace from their illegal actions, will not only be blocked from doing so but even risk to be prosecuted? At about the same time that Oprescu made his announcement on his Facebook page, his buddy, Razvan Bancescu, appeared on Romanian national TV saying that they would continue to capture stray dogs and that they would even prepare a draft council decision that would allow dog catchers to enter on private properties and to take the dogs. Such a decision would be unconstitutional and it would violate European and Universal Human Rights as well as Civil Rights in Romania but seems totally acceptable to the criminal and arrogant authority that is ASPA and their protector, Sorin Oprescu. Bancescu also spoke about the number of stray dogs living in Bucharest admitting that no-one really knows their numbers and that their estimate of 65,000 dogs was made by extrapolation. He added that since then they had gathered between 25,000 and 35,000 dogs and that more than 10,000 dogs had been "euthanized". Fact is that there are almost no stray dogs left in the capital and which is why the dog catchers have started to steal dogs from people's yards and even to take dogs while people are walking them on the leash! Considering that Bucharest has a total surface of 228 km2 out of which 70% (159 km2) is built, this means that Bucharest has approximately 69 km2 free of buildings. According to the declared number of dogs (65,000) there are, theoretically, 285 dogs per 1 km2 or 1 dog per 3 m2! This happens in the situation when the 228 km2 are an empty space. If we now divide the 65,000 dogs at the “free” space of Bucharest, respectively at 69 km2 it results that the density of stray dogs will be 942 dogs per 1 km2 or approximately 1 stray dog per 1 m2. At every 3 steps we walk approximately 1 meter. It results that at every 3 steps we make, we would have met a stray dog in the capital of Bucharest, if ASPA's estimates had been correct! While the 'brave of Bucharest' gathered this afternoon again in front of the ASPA base at Oltenitei Street, 129, to document and hinder ASPA's illegal actions, so did the IREC supporters (the supporters of the Slaughter Law) who came to applaud the dog catchers who were escorted and protected by the Police. See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L-02VwzC9E IREC spokesperson, Ana Maite, said: "For seven days the pound and ASPA cars are being prevented by these people (no animal-lovers) from doing business. I came here to make sure that these people are allowed to do their job and to collect dogs that come to kill children in the streets. We have children, we do not want them to be killed by stray dogs on the streets or in parks." What a country! We would suggest that anyone who enters Romania, leaves any concept of reason and normality at the border. Even the insane would regard this as a crazy, mis-controlled country. A country lost in time... lost in soul. This article can also be read on our website, including pictures, videos and many linked information, at: http://www.exposing-aspa.com/-romania-the-only-country-in-europe-where-police-protects-the-law-breakers.html https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=663013373766711&set=a.216201598447893.48092.152547194813334&type=1&theater