He's bragged on camera about how easy it is to bribe your way out of sex trafficking allegations in Romania. Romania is also preparing to join the Schengen Agreement (the free trade zone that includes the western EU countries and Switzerland) and the main objection to that is ... Romania's track record of rampant sex trafficking and corruption.

So he may very well be a high profile case they can throw to the wolves to send a message to Brussels and join Schengen.