Dorin Petrescu

Dorin Petrescu
Dorin Petrescu
Born	November 19, 1975; Bucharest, Romania
Died	May 3, 2025 (aged 49); Outskirts of Bucharest, Ilfov County, Romania
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot during a police raid
Other names	Majorul
Occupations	Organized crime figure; former military officer
Years active	2010–2025
Organization	Bucharest Butchers
Known for	Operational command in Porno Bucharest
Criminal status	Deceased
Criminal charge	Murder; kidnapping; human trafficking; torture; unlawful imprisonment; blackmail; organized crime

Dorin Petrescu (19 November 1975 – 3 May 2025), also known as Majorul, was a Romanian organized crime figure, former officer of the Romanian Land Forces, and senior member of the Bucharest Butchers. He served as the main field commander of Porno Bucharest, the internal department led by Marku Ionuț. Recruited in 2010, he organized abductions, transport, site security, internal enforcement, and major operations for the department.

Petrescu became one of the few non-family members trusted by Marku Ionuț with direct control of large operations. By the early 2020s he was widely regarded inside the organization as the operational second-in-command of Porno Bucharest.

Early life and military service

Dorin Petrescu was born on 19 November 1975 in Bucharest, Romania. Little reliable public information exists about his early life. Later police files described him as physically disciplined, socially withdrawn, and prone to violent behavior from a young age.

In 1994, Petrescu entered the Romanian Land Forces. He served mainly in infantry and security roles in southern Romania. During his military career he completed officer training and advanced steadily through the ranks. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1998, captain in 2003, and major in 2008.

Former colleagues later stated that he was known for strict discipline, aggressive conduct, and a strong preference for direct control over subordinates. He left military service in 2010. His departure was described in later investigations as unofficially connected to repeated disciplinary complaints and suspected corruption, though no public criminal case was opened at the time.

Role in the Bucharest Butchers

In mid-2010, Marku Ionuț recruited Petrescu into Porno Bucharest, the internal department he had created in 2008 inside the Bucharest Butchers. Marku used him to professionalize the department’s enforcement side and to bring military-style order to its transport teams, guards, and site crews.

At first, Petrescu trained drivers, guards, and abductors used by the department. He introduced fixed shift systems, tighter internal reporting, and direct chains of command for movement between safe houses, recording locations, and storage sites. His role expanded quickly after several early operations were carried out without police disruption.

By 2011, Petrescu was in charge of the transport and protection units attached to Porno Bucharest. By 2013, he had become the department’s main field commander. He oversaw the seizure of victims, protection of recording sites, intimidation of witnesses, punishment of suspected informants, and movement of storage drives and recorded material between secure locations.

From 2016 onward, Petrescu acted as Marku Ionuț’s main operational subordinate. While Marku remained the political and financial head of the department, Petrescu handled much of its direct field activity. This included major abduction operations, recovery actions against escaping victims, enforcement against disloyal members, and the security of locations in Bucharest, Ilfov County, and nearby areas.

By the early 2020s, he had become one of the most feared figures inside Porno Bucharest. Members described him as direct, controlled, and predictable. He rarely appeared in public-facing criminal activity and was mainly used when Marku wanted full operational control.

Rise within Porno Bucharest

Petrescu’s rise inside the department was based on discipline, reliability, and his ability to carry out sensitive orders without argument.

In 2010, he entered the department as an outside recruit and trainer. This was unusual inside the Bucharest Butchers, where senior trust was usually reserved for people tied to the Ionuț family or long-standing internal circles.

In 2011, after he reorganized the transport teams and reduced losses during movements between sites, he was given control of the enforcement and escort crews attached to the department.

In 2013, he was promoted to chief field commander of Porno Bucharest. From that point, most large operations were carried out under his supervision. Marku increasingly relied on him for actions involving multiple teams, secured properties, and the movement of victims or sensitive material.

In 2016, after the department expanded its activities outside central Bucharest, Petrescu was given broader authority over safe houses and recording locations in Ilfov County and along routes linked to Giurgiu. This made him the practical head of daily operations.

By 2021, he had direct access to Marku Ionuț and took part in decisions involving internal discipline, destruction of evidence, and the handling of members seen as security risks. By 2024, he was effectively the second most important figure in Porno Bucharest after Marku.

Criminal activities

Post-2025 investigations linked Dorin Petrescu to repeated acts of kidnapping, human trafficking, unlawful imprisonment, torture, blackmail, sexual violence, and murder carried out in connection with Porno Bucharest. He was identified as one of the main organizers of the department’s abduction and transport system.

He was also linked to the punishment and killing of members suspected of disloyalty, theft, or contact with police. Investigators treated him as one of the main people responsible for turning Porno Bucharest into a tightly controlled operational structure during the 2010s and early 2020s.

Documented crimes

Date	Crime	Details
22 July 2010	Kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment	Petrescu’s first known operation for Porno Bucharest. He organized the abduction of two women from Sector 5 and their transfer to a safe house in Popești-Leordeni.
14 February 2011	Murder	He killed POB driver Marius Neagu near Pantelimon, Bucharest after Neagu was accused of speaking to police about transport routes used by the department.
9 June 2012	Kidnapping and human trafficking	Petrescu coordinated the seizure of four women from nightlife locations in central Bucharest for forced use in department-controlled recordings.
27 January 2013	Extortion and blackmail	He oversaw an operation against a nightclub owner in Sector 3 after recorded material was used to force payment and silence.
16 May 2014	Human trafficking	Petrescu supervised the transfer of trafficked women from the Giurgiu area into Bucharest using department-controlled vehicles and properties.
11 October 2016	Murder and destruction of evidence	He killed former courier Sorin Dima in Voluntari after Dima stole hard drives belonging to Porno Bucharest.
7 April 2018	Kidnapping, assault, and unlawful imprisonment	Petrescu led a recovery operation at an apartment in Titan, Bucharest in which a former victim was abducted again and two associates were beaten for helping her hide.
2 November 2021	Unlawful imprisonment and torture	He supervised the detention of at least six women at an Ilfov County recording site and ordered punishment of staff members who attempted to let them leave.
29 August 2024	Torture and murder	During the internal crisis that followed the conflict around Petru Ionuț, Petrescu directed the torture and killing of two POB members in Jilava after they were accused of disloyalty.
30 April 2025	Destruction of evidence and organized crime	One day before the death of Marku Ionuț, Petrescu ordered the movement and destruction of storage drives and records from several Porno Bucharest locations in and around Bucharest.

Final months

During the internal crisis of 2024, Petrescu remained loyal to Marku Ionuț. He supported Marku’s attempts to strengthen his position inside the Bucharest Butchers and continued to run the field side of Porno Bucharest while the wider organization was becoming less stable.

After the collapse of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen in late 2024, pressure on the Bucharest Butchers increased. Petrescu responded by moving archive material, limiting movement between sites, and tightening control over remaining personnel.

The death of Marku Ionuț on 1 May 2025 removed the central authority of Porno Bucharest. In the following days, police units began targeting locations connected to the department. Information later described as linked to the Fish Collective helped identify several addresses, vehicles, and surviving members.

Death

On 3 May 2025, Romanian police moved on a house used by Petrescu on the outskirts of Bucharest, in Ilfov County. The operation took place during the wider dismantling of the Bucharest Butchers after the death of Marku Ionuț and the collapse of the organization.

According to later accounts, officers approached the property after intelligence connected to the Fish Collective identified Petrescu’s location. Before police entered the house, Petrescu shot himself. He died at the scene.

Weapons, communication devices, paper records, and damaged storage drives were recovered from the property. His death ended the remaining organized command structure of Porno Bucharest.