Document #1114471
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to a report in The New York
Times, the Securitate was officially disbanded in December 1989
(13 June 1993). The Romanian Information Service (RIS) and Romanian
Foreign Intelligence were established in March 1990 as successor
agencies to the Securitate (Ibid.).
For current information on the Romanian
security forces, please see the attached articles.
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
The New York Times. 13 June 1993.
David Binder. "Police Were Fewer than Romanians Feared."
(NEXIS)
Adevarul [Bucharest, in
Romanian]. 15 October 1993. "Magureanu: SRI Has List of '1989
Terrorists'." (FBIS-EEU-93-201 20 Oct. 1993, pp. 30-31)
Azi [Bucharest, in Romanian]. 15
September 1993. "Iliescu Asked to Submit Name of SRI Director."
(FBIS-EEU-93-183 23 Sept. 1993, p. 30)
Dimineata [Bucharest, in
Romanian]. 12 October 1993. "Army Investigations Directorate to
Incorporate SIE." (FBIS-EEU-93-200 19 Oct. 1993, p. 21)
The New York Times. 13 June 1993.
David Binder. "Police Were Fewer than Romanians Feared."
(NEXIS)
Radio Romania Network [Bucharest, in
Romanian]. 12 October 1993. "Parliament Appoints Magureanu as SRI
Director." (FBIS-EEU-93-196 13 Oct. 1993, p. 22)
_____. 24 June 1993. "Control Panel over
SRI Discussed" (FBIS-EEU-93-123 29 June 1993, p. 42)
Reuters. 12 October 1993. BC Cycle.
Adrian Dascalu. "Romanian Parliament Gives Spy Chief a Second
Term." (NEXIS)
_____. 7 October 1993. BC Cycle.
"Romania's Spy Chief Proposed for Second Term." (NEXIS)
_____. 5 October 1993. BC Cycle.
"Romanian Defector Says Securitate Still Active." (NEXIS)
Romania Libera [Bucharest, in
Romanian]. 15 September 1993. "Magureanu Interviewed on SRI
Report." (FBIS-EEU-93-181 21 Sept. 1993, pp. 29-31)
_____. 31 August 1993. "SRI Admits
Tapping Telephone Conversations." (FBIS-EEU-93-170 3 Sept. 1993, p.
18)
Rompres [Bucharest, in English]. 2 June
1993. "SRI Issues Communique on Parliament Incident."
(FBIS-EEU-93-105 3 June 1993, p. 25)
Tineretul Liber [Bucharest, in
Romanian]. 23 Sept. 1993. "President to Keep SRI Head in Office."
(FBIS-EEU-93-105 29 Sept. 1993, pp. 37-38)