Bangladesh, Feb. 19 -- Romanias business infrastructure has been shaken by a widening anti-corruption investigation into a €38 million ($44.6 million) IT project at the National Trade Registry Office (ONRC), following weeks of operational paralysis, data security concerns, and mounting audit findings that suggest systemic mismanagement.

The case, now under review by Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors, centers on a digital overhaul launched in the summer of 2024 that was intended to modernize the countrys company registration system. Instead, the platform reportedly blocked more than 130,000 business registration applications for weeks, disrupting commercial activity nationwide and undermining public trust in a system responsible ...