The fugitive Prince Paul was placed under house arrest in Paris on Monday morning, based on the European arrest warrant issued by Romanian authorities, judicial sources said.
Following requests from SIRENE Romania to SIRENE France on Monday, French authorities informed that the prince was arrested at home at 05:54 in Paris for the execution of the European arrest warrant issued by Romanian judicial authorities.
The Brasov Court of Appeal requested the SIRENE Office to issue an alert for arrest and surrender based on the new European arrest warrant and requested the withdrawal of the old one.
Paul-Philippe of Romania, the grandson of King Carol II, fled from Romania in 2020, when he was sentenced to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison for corruption related to the illegal restitution of real estate properties near Bucharest, falsely claiming ownership of the land.
In June 2022, he was captured in Paris, but a Court of Appeal refused to extradite him to Romania.
Prince Paul currently lives in Italy, but he visited Malta in the summer of 2024 for a conference and was detained based on a European arrest warrant. Subsequently, the Maltese court ordered judicial control and his release on bail after spending over 2 months in custody. Ultimately, the extradition was not approved. The Maltese court believed that Prince Paul was the heir to the Royal House and was sentenced for political reasons.
