http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/30/world/europe/romania-politician-convicted/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2
Former PM Adrian Nastase was sent to prison for 2 years after a long corruption trial.
He was found guilty of illegally raising 1.6mn euros/$2.1mn for his party in 2004.
The trial lasted more than 1,000 days...and had over 900 witnesses.
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