BUCHAREST (Reuters) - When the police came for Romanian anti-corruption judge Georgeta Buliga, she might have known that hiding the 3,000-euro bribe in her underwear drawer would not save her. Her time was up.
Buliga, involved with corruption and other cases as head of one of Romania's 15 regional appeals courts, was sentenced to 4-1/2 years for taking bribes after prosecutors raided her house and found money she accepted in return for ruling in favour of the husband in a divorce case.
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