NEWS STORY : Transglobal Solutions License Revoked and Director Maricel Taranu Indefinitely Disqualified After Serious Safety Failings
STORY
In a decisive regulatory action, the Deputy Traffic Commissioner for the East of England has revoked the operator’s licence of Transglobal Solutions Ltd (licence OF2038634) and indefinitely disqualified its sole director and transport manager, Maricel Taranu, following a public inquiry into widespread safety and compliance breaches.
Key Findings & Timeline
DVSA probes began in May 2024 when an HGV was stopped with its tachograph undownloaded for 155 days and driven 580 km without a driver’s card. Subsequent checks revealed unlicensed, untaxed vehicles operating without MOTs and serious maintenance defects—including loose wheel nuts and a disintegrated tyre—posing “a serious danger to road safety”.
Repeated non-engagement: Taranu failed to supply drivers’ hours and maintenance records, missed arranged inspections, and falsely claimed his vehicles were off the road while ANPR data proved otherwise. In a public inquiry held on 29 April 2025 in Cambridge, the inquiry proceeded in Taranu’s absence after the operator neglected to attend or submit evidence. A Romanian police website later revealed a warrant for Taranu’s arrest on drink-driving and licence-offence convictions in Romania.
Regulatory Action
Deputy Traffic Commissioner Nicolas Denton concluded that Transglobal Solutions lacked both a stable UK establishment and the requisite financial standing, and that Taranu had demonstrably lost the repute required of a transport manager. Denton revoked the operator’s licence with immediate effect and imposed indefinite disqualifications on both the company and Taranu from holding any operator licence, as well as barring Taranu from acting as a transport manager or director of any transport-licensing company.
“This is one of the worst operators I have ever come across”, Denton said. “Mr Taranu has shown an utter indifference to the law and to road safety. There should be no room in the industry for such reckless behaviour.”
DVSA inspectors have been instructed to impound any Transglobal-operated HGVs found on the road post-revocation. This landmark decision underscores the regulator’s zero-tolerance stance on operator non-compliance and dangerous vehicle maintenance standards.
