Romania's anti-corruption prosecutors' agency on Tuesday froze the assets of the powerful leader of the ruling party amid a probe into misusing European Union funds and setting up an organized crime group. The anti-corruption office said in a statement that the assets of Liviu Dragnea, who heads the Social Democratic Party, worth up to $32.2 million have been sequestered. Eight others are also being investigated, and four of those had their assets sequestered Tuesday. Dragnea is suspected of official misconduct for setting up an organized crime group and forging documents to illicitly obtain EU funds. He says the probe is politically motivated and is timed to coincide with a party push to revamp the justice system.

Source: ABC News November 21, 2017 15:54 UTC