Călărași county council president bought over one million euros of property in Italy

Vasile Iliuță, president of the Călărași County Council, bought three properties in Italy in 2023 worth more than one million euros in total. The purchases included a former customs post in the Apennine Mountains, a building in the Alps, and a three-star hotel in Rimini on the Adriatic coast.

The former customs post cost 70,000 euros, while the Alpine building was acquired for 80,000 euros. The Rimini hotel cost nearly 984,000 euros, bringing the total to approximately 1.13 million euros.

“The question is not whether a politician has the right to invest abroad. He does. The question is how transparent the origin of the money is.”

The transactions were linked to forced executions of Italian companies and were made through Italian firms. The investigation by Public Record raised serious questions about the family's wealth and the transparency of the money.

Iliuță was involved in criminal cases at the time of the purchases. The institution he leads administers hundreds of millions of lei in public funds in Romania.

The Ventasso property in the Apennines is now called La Gabellina Iliuță and lies in a UNESCO Man and Biosphere zone. It previously served as a customs post before becoming a tourist complex.

The investigation asks whether the origin of the money is transparent and whether all transactions are fully reflected in asset declarations. It does not accuse Iliuță of breaking any law.

Public Record published the investigation on November 4, 2026, at 06:31.