reporter: here elena udrea -- romania's former tourism minister and a close confidante of former president is led away in handcuffs. prosecutors say that udrea pocketed 10% of the value of contracts awarded by her ministry. she's once thought to have been handed 900,000 euros -- in cash. former finance minister darius valcov is accused of accepting 2 million euros in bribes. many of the current investigations center on those close to current prime minister victor ponta. and on the former mayor of constanta, radu mazare, whose escapades had the whole country talking. everyone knew he was corrupt, but he thought he was above the law. however, his last appearance in front of the anticorruption directorate was less flamboyant. its head, general prosecutor laura codruta kÖvesi, is constantly in the media spotlight. here she's providing the latest account of the staggering figures. the courts are currently handing around 1100 corruption cases -- 9 of them involving mp's. 12 are against current or former government ministers. and there is a case against a former prime minister who has already bee

reporter: here elena udrea -- romania's former tourism minister and a close confidante of former presidentis led away in handcuffs. prosecutors say that udrea pocketed 10% of the value of contracts awarded by her ministry. she's once thought to have been handed 900,000 euros -- in cash. former finance minister darius valcov is accused of accepting 2 million euros in bribes. many of the current investigations center on those close to current prime minister victor ponta. and on the former mayor of constanta, radu mazare, whose escapades had the whole country talking. everyone knew he was corrupt but he thought he was above the law. however, his last appearance in front of the anticorruption directorate was less flamboyant. its head, general prosecutor laura codruta kÖvesi, is constantly in the media spotlight. here she's providing the latest account of the staggering figures. the courts are currently handing around 1100 corruption cases -- 9 of them involving mp's. 12 are against current or former government ministers. and there is a case against a former prime minister who has already been