Ten thousand citizens ended up with justice only «on paper»

On September 23rd, the ECHR has sentenced for the 43rd time the Republic of Moldova for the non-execution of judicial decisions. This time, the Government will pay over 33 thousand Euros to a former deportee. Ten years ago, the Orhei court compelled the Local Council to give Boris Prepelita his house back, confiscated by the […]

Money for Distressed People in Two Accounts

Ever since the government starting collecting money for those affected by the recent floods, everyday, in a special account opened by the Ministry of Finance, over one million lei has been donated. Yet at the same time and for the same purpose, the Ministry of Construction and Territorial Development also announced that it has opened […]

Files with Epaulets

The General Prosecutor’s Office have started a penal investigation on smuggling in which an ex-minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gheorghe Papuc, is implicated.

However, the press service of the Prosecutor’s Office didn’t give any details about the case, and representatives of the Exceptional Cases Department declared that they have not begun a […]

Policemen Outside the Law

2007:
600 complaints to the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the abusive behaviour of policemen
258 penal cases – prosecuted
32 policemen – fired
12 inspectors – under penal investigation for taking bribes
24 former co-workers of the MIA — detained in a specialised prison at Lipcani

Klimenco Loses the Case Filed Against Him by Ivantoc

Andrei Ivantoc, one of the former political prisoners of the separatist regime in Tiraspol, put the municipal councillor Valeri Klimenco to trial. After 15 years of illegal detention in the prisons of Transdniestr, Ivantoc had to defend his honour and dignity, damaged by Klimenco, according to his complaint filed to Rascani Court.

A ‘Lost’ File That Reached the Justice Court

On June 10 the Supreme Court examined the appeal of the prosecution in a case, in which a group of citizens from Calarasi and Straseni accused Constantin Oanta, who lives in Straseni, of involvement in human trafficking and of the organisation of illegal labour migration. Ana Manole, from Cojusna, Straseni district, Ion Robu […]

Clerks Involved in People Trafficking: a State Secret

Most of them are single mothers with one child who have to go abroad to earn money to support their families. Only foreign organisations deal with the social, psychological and professional rehabilitation of human trafficking victims in Moldova, as well as their defence in court. The state hasn’t taken any measures yet to re-integrate these […]

Pharaoh Sponsors the Police

The Central Police Station is demanding support from economic agents to be transferred into a special account at the Savings Bank. The procedure is simple: the police station sends letters demanding financial support, and the economic agents have to transfer this ‘support’ to a bank account. In two months (November-December 2007), about 150,000 lei was […]

Official Trips Financed Like Natural Disasters

After only half a year, the government’s Reserve Fund has been fully emptied. Although the purpose of this money is designed for exceptional situations, like this year’s floods, the government spent most it on the head of state’s visits to other countries and other actions that were supposed to be financed from the state budget. […]

Oniscenco’s Promises Hidden Behind a Two-Metre Fence

In order to satisfy his own pleasures and whims, Municipal Councillor Oleg Oniscenco has left the people of Mereni village, Anenii Noi district, without a public road. Because of him, the relatives and friends of a dead person carried the deceased on a blanket to the cemetery and not in a coffin. This happened […]