In Romania, calls are allocated on the basis of unique suffixes. If someone requests YO9GND, I can't request YO3GND. We refer to each other on suffix alone.
That 9GND call was not renewed and released back to the pool in Aug 2022. I picked it up in 2023. No idea I was this close - until today.
Mr. Ariciu, the previous GND lessee, as the public record states, is living in Prahova. I couldn't find anything in old contest scores, logs, or magazines. Not even a qrz page.