A major focus of interest for poachers are the sites of Dacian citadels and of Roman military camps from the area of the Orăştie Mountains, located in the counties of Hunedoara and Alba, and those from other counties together with Greek citadels such as Tulcea, Constanţa, Caraş-Severin etc. Such sites have often been targeted by teams of poachers who engaged in unauthorized detections and diggings and stole thousands of objects. Thieves are particularly interested in monetary treasures, jewelry, funeral artifacts, guns and military equipment (swords, helmets, shields, clasps etc.).  
The investigations carried out in the European judicial space from 2005 to 2015 resulted in the recovery, through international assistance requests, of 13 wanted Dacian bracelets (12.663 Kg), pertaining to 4 different hoards, from New York, Zurich, Paris, Munich, Hunedoara – Romania.
A series of other hoards stolen from the Romanian sites during the same period were internationally pursued by INTERPOL:
-hoard of 1000-3000 Kosongold coins stolen in 1993-2004 from the archeological spot “Dealul Bodii”; hoard of  5.000 and 6.000 roman coins denarii stolen in 2001-2004 from the same spot; 1200 Kosongold coins stolen in 2007 from the archeological spot Dealul Muncelului of which 1.024 coins were recovered in Orăştie, Romania, UK, Belgium, Germany etc. and deposited at the Romanian National History Museum;
-hoard consisting of 3600 Lysimach, Pharnakes II and Asander gold coins stolen in August 1998 from the archeological spot Şesu Căprăreţei, of which 34 pieces were recovered in London (UK), Romania, Germany;
-hoard consisting of 2300 Koson silver coins, stolen in 2004 from the archeological spot “Dealul Bodii” of which 252 pieces were identified in Vienna, London, Munich, Chicago recovered and deposited at the Romanian National Museum of History;
-hoard of 7-8 iron shields stolen in 2002 from the Dacian fortress from Piatra Roşie, of which 2 were recovered in New York and deposited at the Romanian National Museum of History;
-2 bronze tabulae containing the laws of the municipium Troesmis stolen in 2002 from the archeological site of this fortress, recovered to an auction house in London UK and repatriated to Romania.