Route to Greece

Yes, that is my experience of Romania too although I always made it clear that I was up for paying a backhander fairly quickly and I never got held up for long.

Last time I was there they still had vehicle disinfection at the border and you had to drive through jets of filthy bleach on your way in to the country. Firstly because they could charge some astronomical fee for doing it, and secondly to insult their neighbours.

I haven’t been there since they joined the eu, much might have changed.