One day after the political order at the Social Democratic Party (PSD) meeting held on 27 March, Mr. Bivolaru was restrained at the border.
On the 28 th of March, following some ambiguous news about an interdiction to leave the country, Mr. Gregorian Bivolaru went to Nadlac border point to check whether he was confined to the border or not.
On March 18 2004, during a violent house search, Madalina Dumitru was filmed, against her will, barely dressed, treated brutally, threatened, the gun pointed to her head by masked men.
The lawyers of Gregorian Bivolaru filed in September 2004 an application to the European Court for Human Rights.
On 4 October 2004 the lawyers of Gregorian Bivolaru request the reassignment of the case to a court outside Bucharest.
Because of the lack of evidence the Bucharest Tribunal issued on 15 April 2005 a new arrest warrant against Gregorian Bivolaru for the crime of trafficking persons.
Status of the files on trial.Declarations and Complaints
1. Declaration on 19 March 2004, withdrawing declaration taken under pressure on 18 March 2004
Madalina Dumitru, the minor ‘victim' in Gregorian Bivolaru's case, files a first declaration (given in the absence of a lawyer and after several hours on investigation) describing the circumstances in which she started yoga practice and met Gregorian Bivolaru, and also about her relationship with the latter. This is the declaration turned into a complaint by the authorities and used to incriminate Gregorian Bivolaru.
In the second declaration, given the following day, with the assistance of a lawyer, Madalina Dumitru withdraws her previous declaration, stating it was given under physical and mental pressure.