Arrested in Romania and returned to France on Tuesday evening, drug trafficker and fugitive Mohamed Amra has been indicted for 'murder, attempted murder, escape, theft and concealment of theft,' as well as for 'criminal conspiracy.

A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year was extradited Tuesday from Romania to France, days after his arrest in Bucharest ended a nine-month international manhunt.

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one" was formally indicted on a slew of organised crime charges including murder before an investigating magistrate in Paris after his extradition from Romania.

A far-right populist who won the first round in Romania’s canceled presidential race last year was stopped in traffic by police on Wednesday and taken in for questioning by prosecutors

Romanian prosecutors summoned the frontrunner in last year's cancelled presidential election, far-right candidate Calin Georgescu, for questioning on Wednesday as part of their wider investigation into the vote,