sentences:  Following an investigation by the CNSAS into Securitate archives (August–October 2005), it was confirmed that Coşea had served as a secret police officer in service of the Communist authorities; the CNSAS was not, however, able to indicate whether he had actually been responsible for political repression.He rejected the verdict entirely, stressing that it contradicted the fact that he had worked abroad during much of the period.According to his version, the Securitate's Espionage Department ("Direcţia de Informaţii Externe", DIE) had repeatedly tried to recruit him during his stay in Switzerland.