Justice
Two men arrested for blackmail and death threats: They demanded two million euros from the victim
Lawmen have detained two men suspected of blackmailing a woman from whom they demanded two million euros. The third suspect is cooperating and is being investigated at large. According to the police, the coordi…
16 January 2023
New composition of the CSM: Representatives of the Pre-Vetting Commission say they are to announce 15 more decisions on candidates for CSM posts from among career judges
Representatives of the Pre-Vetting Commission say they are about to announce 15 more decisions on candidates for membership of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) from among career judges. Ziarul de Garda…
16 January 2023
Four men from Ialoveni district detained for illegal hunting. They face a maximum sentence of up to 3 years in prison
Four men from Ialoveni district have been detained and placed in the Hîncești Police Inspectorate’s isolator for illegal hunting. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PG), the men hunted tw…
16 January 2023
25 000 lei fine for the man who wrote “Putin – murderer” on the Russian Embassy gate in Chisinau
The 40-year-old Russian citizen who wrote “Putin – murderer” on the Russian Embassy gate on the evening of 7 October 2022 has been fined 25,000 lei. In a post on social media, the man asked hi…
16 January 2023
Win at the Paris Court of Appeal in the “Energoalians” case: Moldova will not pay the amount claimed by the Ukrainian company for electricity delivered
The Paris Court of Appeal on Tuesday, 10 January, delivered a final judgment annulling the ad hoc arbitral tribunal’s award of 25 October 2013 in the case of SPC Stileks, successor in rights to LLC Komstr…
16 January 2023
Between “Blackmailed. Scared. At times – corrupted” and “I hope that in 2023, in May, we will have a functioning CSM”. Experts’ opinions on justice in Moldova in 2023
Although the pre-vetting commission, which is tasked with assessing the integrity of candidates for membership in the self-administrative bodies of judges and prosecutors – the Superior Council of Magistr…
16 January 2023
The wealth and activity of the five magistrates who did not pass the evaluation of the Pre-Vetting Commission for CSM positions
ZdG has analysed the wealth and activity of the five judges, who did not pass the Pre-Vetting Commission evaluation, and presents the most relevant information. Iurie Bejenaru has been a judge at the Supreme Co…
16 January 2023
Will the five magistrates who failed the Pre-Vetting Commission assessment still be able to work in the judiciary?
Magistrates Iurie Bejenaru, Anatolie Turcan, Vitalie Stratan, Angela Bostan and Vladislav Holban, candidates for positions in the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), who did not pass the evaluation of the Pre…
16 January 2023
Prison-directed scam. Police: “Under the pretext of urgently needing money for a child’s operation, the accused was embezzling money from people”
A “criminal group specialized in committing swindles”, led by an accused from a penitentiary in Moldova, has been broken up by officers of the Investigation Directorate “South” of INI, t…
16 January 2023
How the court motivates the acquittal of former National Bank Deputy Governor Emma Tabîrța and three other former employees of the institution in the “Laundromat” case
Former deputy governor of the National Bank of Moldova (BNM) Emma Tabirță and former heads of departments of the institution, Matei Dohotaru, Ruslan Grate and Vladimir Turcan, were acquitted in the criminal cas…
16 January 2023
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