Romania is to have a national sex offender registry that will allow the rapid identification of persons who have committed sexual offenses. President Klaus Iohannis signed on Thursday, June 20, the law on the organization of this Automated National Registry, which targets sexual offenders. Full Article
Romania: To have a national sex offender registry
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Although intrusions into the privacy of citizens is always a concern, we should be careful about how the word “registry” is bandied about. In the U.S., the “registry” is usually synonymous with the public display and doxxing of all registrants. Once the public is aware, of course, that leads into the multitude of all other laws such as restrictions zones, employment difficulties (>60% unemployment rate) and travel restrictions, not just internationally and domestically, as well as the constant threat of attack and overall derision. At this point, the registry in Romania is strictly law enforcement-only. However, the amount of restrictions… Read more »
My wife and I drove through the Carpathian mountains last September. It’s a beautiful country and was one of the funnest vacations I have ever taken. Romania has a host of other problems however. There is massive corruption in its government. There are two main parties. One that is socialist and has Eastern Orthodox Christian values, and then there is the more conservative and libertarian party. So family values becomes a political football, and while one might agree with the overall morality of the socialists, they’re also the ones that have the communist roots from back in the day when… Read more »