Romania has an unprecedented number of politicians running for office who have been indicted or even convicted of corruption charges, but that is not necessarily an obstacle to getting elected, a bne IntelliNews pice explains. Even former PM Victor Ponta, who is currently being tried on 17 counts of forgery, money-laundering and complicity in tax evasion, is trying to make a comeback to high-level office in Romania. In 2015, Romania’s highly active anti-corruption agency indicted then-PM Ponta, as well as five ministers and 21 MPs.