Time is up for six French nationals working in Romania who have been labelled a threat to national security.
On March 31, 2015, a Romanian court gave them ten days to leave the country following an investigation launched in 2013 by national intelligence agency, SRI.
The group, which was running a meat-exporting business between the north-western town of Satu Mare and France, is suspected of having links to ISIL and al-Qaeda.
SRI speaks to euronews
SRI official Sorin Sava spoke exclusively to euronews about the case.
“All the actions taken by the Romanian Intelligence Service happened in the larger context of preventing certain actions, such as terrorist attacks in Romania,” an intelligence officer told euronews.
A statement released by Romanian intelligence officials reads:
“Concretely, the members of the group, affiliated to radical ideologies promoted by terrorist groups Islamic State and al-Qaeda, were in contact with supporters of these organisations’ cause and carri
