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Dodon’s defenders’open letter to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office: Acts of “hooliganism” have been committed against the socialist’s mother and “controlled leaks of confidential information” have been admitted
Lawyers for former Moldovan President Igor Dodon have sent an open letter to the chief prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (PA), Veronica Dragalin, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, the EU…
22 August 2022
At least four people, including former interim mayor of the capital Silvia Radu are suspects in a money laundering case. CNA is investigating more than €2 million allegedly collected by the suspects.
At least four people, including the former interim mayor of the capital Silvia Radu, are suspects in the money laundering case in which anti-corruption prosecutors and National Anti-Corruption Centre (CNA) offi…
22 August 2022
More than 30 court hearings adjourned in Platon’s trial for fraud and money laundering on a very large scale
While controversial businessman Veaceslav Platon is hiding from Moldovan justice in London, the criminal trial in which the fugitive former MP is on trial for fraud committed in particularly large proportions a…
22 August 2022
Representatives of a construction company under investigation for influence peddling
The director of a construction company in Chisinau and her deputy are under criminal investigation for influence peddling, after they allegedly promised several investors that they would solve the problem of co…
22 August 2022
What Acting Prosecutor-General Dumitru Robu says about the statement signed by him and over 600 other state prosecutors in June 2019
The statement signed by the majority of prosecutors in June 2019 “contains no political posturing and makes no mention of endorsement of any person or political opinion.” This is what Acting Prosecu…
22 August 2022
Cavcaliuc loses lawsuit against media outlets, including ZdG, over defence of professional honour and dignity: magistrates dismiss the case. PACE leader ordered to pay court costs
The leader of the “We Build Europe at Home” (“Acasă Construim Europa”) party (PACE), Gheorghe Cavcaliuc, who fled Moldova in July 2021, has lost a lawsuit filed against seven media outle…
22 August 2022
French magistrates have seized a real estate property of former PDM leader Vladimir Plahotniuc worth more than 83 million lei, PCCOCS announces
Following the request of the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organised Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), the Judicial Court of Thonon-les-Bains, France, has ordered the seizure of a property in the Fren…
22 August 2022
First press conference held by the Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. Veronica Dragalin: “In every field there must be living examples of how the corrupt go to jail”
Veronica Dragalin, the new Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (PA), held her first press conference on Friday 19 August, at the beginning of her mandate. Dragalin spoke about her…
20 August 2022
Petru Merineanu, brother-in-law of former President Igor Dodon, who tried to swallow a receipt, remains in custody in Prison No. 13
Petru Merineanu, the brother-in-law of former socialist president of Moldova Igor Dodon, who tried to swallow a receipt, remains in custody in Prison No. 13. Magistrates extended the pre-trial detention on Augu…
20 August 2022
Officials of the National Agency for Food Safety, detained for allegedly taking bribes for issuing documents needed to export goods to the EU, Ukraine and Russia
Three employees of the Chisinau Territorial Directorate for Food Safety were detained for 72 hours and questioned by prosecutors and officers of the National Anti-Corruption Centre (CNA), following searches car…
15 August 2022
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