Romanian police and prosecutors carried out 304 home raids across the country as part of the Jupiter operation, described as one of the biggest actions this year. The raids took place on Tuesday, 3 November, and were coordinated by the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice together with the Romanian General Inspectorate of the Police. Investigators used criminal case files covering alleged economic and financial crimes, judicial criminality and violations of weapons and ammunition regulations, as well as offences linked to forestry. Among the suspected offences under investigation were tax evasion, smuggling and aggravated smuggling, money laundering, forgery of private documents, forgery of official documents, deception, fraud and false or falsified identity documents. The case files also include offences such as counterfeiting, embezzlement, usury, blackmail, robbery, aggravated robbery, abuse of office, illegal obtaining of funds, and computer and identity related crimes. The operation also targeted people suspected of breaking the rules on weapons and ammunition, braconage, trafficking in toxic substances and forestry crimes. Prosecutors and police checked for illegal tree cutting, theft of timber, transport without legal documents and data manipulation in computer systems used to monitor the forest fund. Police said the goal was to document alleged criminal activity, recover damages and make unavailable assets obtained through offences or held illegally. People identified during the searches will be taken for questioning, and prosecutors will decide what legal measures apply in each case. Romanian police said updates would be provided during the day as the investigations progress in each file.