Romanian authorities, as part of a campaign to combat fictitious registration, annulled 162,036 national identity cards (carte de identitate) from the launch of checks in 2023 through December 31, 2025, Romanian media reported, citing data from the Interior Ministry and the General Directorate for Population Records.
According to the statistics provided, 66% of the annulled documents relate to persons whose place of birth is Moldova, 17% to those born in Romania, and 12% to those born in Ukraine. A further 1% each relates to persons born in Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Russia.
As noted, the checks are linked to identifying cases of mass registrations at a single address. According to the authorities, there were situations where more than 22,000 people were registered at one address in Bucharest.
At the same time, the annulment of an identity card due to problems with address registration does not mean deprivation of citizenship; it affects only the document confirming the registered domicile. According to Radio Moldova, about 20% of those whose documents were annulled have already obtained new Romanian documents on legal grounds.
