Romanian, Czech, and Hungarian authorities have worked with Eurojust to capture an individual investigated for treason by transmitting state secrets on a continuous basis.
According to the organization’s statement, the suspect held two meetings in 2024 and 2025 in Budapest with intelligence officers from the State Security Committee of Belarus. The meetings allegedly endangered Romania’s national security.
Evidence in the case revealed that the individual had engaged in the unauthorized disclosure of state secrets to Belarusian intelligence officers from 2024 onwards. The suspect previously held a senior leadership role in the Information and Security Service (SIS) of Moldova.
While Eurojust did not disclose the suspect’s identity, Hungarian outlet Telex reported that it is Alexandru Balan, former deputy director of SIS. Balan, who holds both Moldovan and Romanian citizenship, is currently known as a security policy expert in Moldova, but earlier he was one of the country’s highest-ranking intelligence officers. He joined the SIS in 2000 and served as deputy director between 2016 and 2019, heading the counterintelligence division.
‘The suspect held two meetings in 2024 and 2025 in Budapest with intelligence officers from the State Security Committee of Belarus’
In 2019, Balan was dismissed from his post and reassigned as liaison officer to Kyiv, where he served as Moldova’s official link with Ukrainian services. However, after his assignment ended in 2021, he refused to return to Moldova and remained in Ukraine for eight months, despite his successor already having taken up the role. Upon his eventual return, he caused an accident while intoxicated, leading to his immediate dismissal and the loss of his pension entitlements.
According to Eurojust, the suspect was arrested on 8 September in Romania. ‘The success of the operation is due to vital support from prosecutors, police, and intelligence services from Romania, Hungary, and Czechia. It demonstrates the importance of transnational cooperation in investigating such malicious activities, as suspects can benefit from freedom of movement throughout the Schengen Area,’ Eurojust noted.
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