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ROMANIAN officials have ripped into a Sky News report about illegal arms dealers in the country who said they would sell weapons to terrorists
The report on Sky News saw journalist Stuart Ramsay meet illegal arms dealers in a remote corner of Romania who said they would sell weapons to any terrorists.
The British broadcast segment caused a widespread uproar in Romania that has seen even the country's Prime Minister hit out at the London-based TV news station.
Romania has claimed the report was staged and fake and at least one government minister has threatened legal action against Mr Ramsay.
The national crime agency has already detained several men for giving "false information" in the broadcast report.
In the report, chief correspondent Mr Ramsay meets two masked men who offered a range of weapons including semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and pistols for sale.
One of the men said sales of AK-47s, the automatic rifle used in recent terror attacks, had “rocketed” in the past two years.
The man was asked if he was worried about his guns ending up in the hands of extremists.
He said: “If you have the money I don’t care who you are."
However, Romanian officials have attacked the Sky News production team claiming they had been "staging the fake report".
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos said it was "unacceptable to denigrate a country without proof".
Organized crime prosecutor Daniel Horodniceanu called the report "a setup by British journalists".
Romanian prosecutors allege that Sky paid those in the report more than £5,000 - a claim that Mr Ramsay denies.
Prosecutors say the men featured in the Sky News report entitled "Gang selling AK-47s 'Bound for Western Europe'" face charges including suspicion of communicating false information and being in a criminal group.
Mihaela Porime, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' agency, said the alleged "illegal guns" in the report are in fact legal hunting guns with permits.
The Romanian investigators also found the car that appears in the video belonged to a local hunter who had lent it to a friend.
Mrs Porime also said those arrested claimed they had been given a script by Mr Ramsay.
The men who appeared in the report told prosecutors they were just pretending to be members of a mafia gang.
However, Sky News have stood firm and have since defended the report on gun running.
A statement from the broadcaster read: “Stuart Ramsay is one of our most experienced and tenacious journalists with a long history of delivering major stories from around the world.
"He’s delivered a robust report on gun-dealing in Romania and Sky News fully stands by the story."
Mr Ramsay blamed the Romanian response on the government being embarassed from the fallout.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/699440/Romania-threaten-Sky-News-reporter-gun-smuggle-report
What a complete sham these tossers made out of journalism.There are pictures of the British journalist released by Romanian security agencies in which he meets the so called "arms dealers" in a hotel parking lot,without their masks,where they discuss the script they'll act.
The report on Sky News saw journalist Stuart Ramsay meet illegal arms dealers in a remote corner of Romania who said they would sell weapons to any terrorists.
The British broadcast segment caused a widespread uproar in Romania that has seen even the country's Prime Minister hit out at the London-based TV news station.
Romania has claimed the report was staged and fake and at least one government minister has threatened legal action against Mr Ramsay.
The national crime agency has already detained several men for giving "false information" in the broadcast report.
In the report, chief correspondent Mr Ramsay meets two masked men who offered a range of weapons including semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and pistols for sale.
One of the men said sales of AK-47s, the automatic rifle used in recent terror attacks, had “rocketed” in the past two years.
The man was asked if he was worried about his guns ending up in the hands of extremists.
He said: “If you have the money I don’t care who you are."
However, Romanian officials have attacked the Sky News production team claiming they had been "staging the fake report".
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos said it was "unacceptable to denigrate a country without proof".
Organized crime prosecutor Daniel Horodniceanu called the report "a setup by British journalists".
Romanian prosecutors allege that Sky paid those in the report more than £5,000 - a claim that Mr Ramsay denies.
Prosecutors say the men featured in the Sky News report entitled "Gang selling AK-47s 'Bound for Western Europe'" face charges including suspicion of communicating false information and being in a criminal group.
Mihaela Porime, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' agency, said the alleged "illegal guns" in the report are in fact legal hunting guns with permits.
The Romanian investigators also found the car that appears in the video belonged to a local hunter who had lent it to a friend.
Mrs Porime also said those arrested claimed they had been given a script by Mr Ramsay.
The men who appeared in the report told prosecutors they were just pretending to be members of a mafia gang.
However, Sky News have stood firm and have since defended the report on gun running.
A statement from the broadcaster read: “Stuart Ramsay is one of our most experienced and tenacious journalists with a long history of delivering major stories from around the world.
"He’s delivered a robust report on gun-dealing in Romania and Sky News fully stands by the story."
Mr Ramsay blamed the Romanian response on the government being embarassed from the fallout.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/699440/Romania-threaten-Sky-News-reporter-gun-smuggle-report
What a complete sham these tossers made out of journalism.There are pictures of the British journalist released by Romanian security agencies in which he meets the so called "arms dealers" in a hotel parking lot,without their masks,where they discuss the script they'll act.
