ROMANIAN prosecutors have indicted Prime Minister Victor Ponta as part of a wide-ranging corruption investigation and seized his assets, increasing pressure on him to resign.

PROSECUTORS on Monday confirmed Ponta has been indicted on charges including tax evasion, money laundering, conflict of interest and making false statements while he was working as a lawyer in 2007 and 2008. He denies wrongdoing.

Originally published asRomania PM indicted in corruption probe