The grandson of King Carroll II of Romania arrested in Paris
Wanted by the Romanian authorities since December 2020 to serve a three-year and four-month prison sentence, Paul of Romania, grandson of King Caroll II of Romania, was arrested on June 27 near Galeries Lafayette, in the 9th arrondissement. from Paris.
End of cavalry. Paul from Romania was arrested on June 27 near the Galeries Lafayette, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. He had been wanted by the Romanian authorities since December 2020 to serve a three-year and four-month prison sentence.
It is an understatement to say that this grandson of the late King Carroll II, who reigned over Romania in the 1930s, has acquired his European citizenship. This 73-year-old man, who also holds a British passport, has found refuge or rather hiding place in France.
“On the run for eighteen months, he changed his residence regularly”, confided to CNEWS General Marc de Tarlé, head of the OCLDI (Central Office for the Fight against Itinerant Delinquency) whose gendarmes proceeded to track down and then to the arrest in question. “We found him and we were able to arrest him on June 27 in the department store district of Paris, near the Galeries Lafayette. »
The septuagenarian had left his native country in December 2020, when he had just been sentenced on appeal to three years and four months in prison for money laundering and influence peddling. The story of a dark operation to recover properties confiscated in its time by the communist regime. A case that would have cheated the Romanian state of 135 million euros according to justice.
When the announcement of his arrest, the Minister of the Interior also welcomed the cooperation between the Romanian and French security services to find him.
The ex-fugitive is currently awaiting surrender to the authorities of his country to serve his prison sentence. The minister of the Interior