Romanian businessman and media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu is still not allowed to leave the country, after the Bucharest Appellate Court maintained the decision of the lower court, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs.

Thus, Vantu is not allowed to leave the country. The measure applies also for the other two investigated in the same file, businessman Octavian Turcan and Alexandru Stoian, Vantu's driver.

Vantu is indicted for helping Romanian Nicolae Popa escape a 15 years sentence in Romania.