LONDON — Sky News Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay has been accused of falsifying the circumstances of a report on underground arms sales in Romania.

Sky News conducted an investigation into the sale of military grade weapons by Eastern European mafia gangs, who purportedly will supply to anyone with adequate funds. Ramsay and a team of Sky associates allegedly negotiated a rendezvous with a gang in a remote location near the Ukrainian border, a meeting which they captured on camera. The segment highlights the security risks in light of the string of recent terror attacks across Europe.

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In response to the broadcast, Romania's anti-corruption unit claimed the segment was “a scenario made up by British journalists.” Local media outlets are reporting that Ramsay paid the individuals featured in the video to act as traffickers, and The Guardian reports that a man called Aurelian Szanto claims to have been tricked into appearing in the video, believing it to be a dramatized reenactment.

@ramsaysky How do you explain this picture with you and the romanian freelancer caught by the hotel cameras in Mures pic.twitter.com/R32TtEiTwt — Ana-Maria Roman (@anamaria_roman) August 10, 2016

Sky News and Stuart Ramsay stand by the report. In response to Mashable's request for a statement, a Sky News spokeswoman said: "Stuart Ramsay is one of our most experienced and tenacious journalists with a long history of delivering major stories from around the world. He's delivered a robust report on gun dealing in Romania and Sky News fully stands by the story."

To clarify - the hotel picture is the sky news team. Nobody else. It's tv. It's a production team. — Stuart Ramsay (@ramsaysky) August 10, 2016

Romanian Twitter, however, is not convinced — or it's having way too much fun trolling Ramsay to care.

@ramsaysky you're not gonna get away with this buddy. Say goodbye to your career. The Romanians are coming ✌ — andy. (@rovereyes) August 10, 2016

Hey Mr. Ramsay, wanna buy this gun? Guaranteed undetectable, perfect for wet jobs cc @ramsaysky pic.twitter.com/xeBOTpVbFv — Vlad Petreanu (@Petreanu) August 10, 2016

@ramsaysky you got 600 new followers just in the last 12 hours. made a lot of new Romanian friends. #justresignalready — Doru Dragoi (@dorudragoi) August 11, 2016

@ramsaysky Sky News, faking it since 2003 https://t.co/uo59giWftY. Just curious if you are next on this list https://t.co/mv8x72adfm — serbanmedia (@serbanmedia) August 10, 2016

@sshuu2016 @ramsaysky The fella doesn't care about reporting. He has clear instructions from from that old fart, Murdoch. — Razvan Dragut (@coderange) August 11, 2016

@ramsaysky Sir, would you please help me take down this dangerous network of gun smugglers in Romania, please? pic.twitter.com/rMwd3ukUwN — iuliane (@iuliane) August 10, 2016

In response to the barrage of tweets directed his way, Ramsay has voiced increasing irritation:

Honestly trolls I am genuinely belly laughing. The fools who just don't understand journalism just don't. Hehe — Stuart Ramsay (@ramsaysky) August 7, 2016

Heheheh it's true! You just don't like it! Ak's and military sniper rifles are - err - military for sale xx good luck — Stuart Ramsay (@ramsaysky) August 10, 2016

Nobody was paid. The weapons are real. The story is correct. End of. Romania it wasn't about you. It was weapons. — Stuart Ramsay (@ramsaysky) August 10, 2016

Romania stop trolling it's ridiculous. It's very boring. I've answered every question - arrest the gangs? — Stuart Ramsay (@ramsaysky) August 10, 2016

True or false, this story sounds like the beginnings of an excellent political thriller. Filmmakers, novelists and Matt Damon, are you taking note?

[H/T Reddit]