BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Transport Minister Relu Fenechiu was handed a five year prison sentence for corruption on Friday, becoming the country's first government minister convicted while in office.
The case, that Romania hopes will show the EU it is serious about tackling graft, dates back about a decade to when he controlled a group of companies that prosecutors said supplied sub-standard equipment to a state-firm.
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