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May 2025

Law No. 70/2025 was published in the Official Gazette No. 452 of May 15, 2025 (in force since May 18, 2025), amending three articles on precautionary measures in criminal proceedings. I have read a few summaries of the amendments, including in the press (in the "shock and awe" category and with references to confiscation) and pretty much all of them present the Law as something that fundamentally changes the philosophy of precautionary measures. In reality, what has really changed is that all precautionary measures (so including those ordered by the pre-trial judge or the court) are taken πŸπšΜ†π«πšΜ† 𝐜𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞 - new para. (6Β³) of art. 249 C.pr.pen. I have written several times about the inconsistency between taking precautionary measures without citation in civil vs. criminal proceedings (where it was concluded that citation is necessary, as this is the rule for proceedings before the court), how citation (or postponing the judgment for