Justice
The Superior Council of Prosecutors appointed an interim chief prosecutor at the Chișinău Prosecutor’s Office and an interim deputy chief prosecutor of the PCCOCS
Cătălin Scutelnic was appointed on Thursday, September 22, as interim chief prosecutor of the Chișinău District Prosecutor’s Office, while Igor Demciucin was appointed as interim deputy chief prosecutor o…
26 September 2022
Three border guards are under criminal investigation for illegally facilitating transit through Moldova by Ukrainian citizens
Three border guards are under criminal investigation for facilitating the illegal entry, stay and transit of the Republic of Moldova by citizens of Ukraine. The total amounts paid by the applicants ranged from…
26 September 2022
Moldova’s efforts from the perspective of the OECD Anti-Corruption Network. Case study: Protection of whistleblowers
Moldova has shortcomings in ensuring the practical application of whistleblower protection, appointing and promoting prosecutors on merit and on the basis of clear procedures, sanctioning corruption offences or…
19 September 2022
Judge Petru Harmaniuc sold his house in Stăuceni and a Lexus. Then, he bought a 170 square metre apartment and a Mercedes worth half a million lei. ANI checked him and found no unjustified wealth
The National Integrity Authority has checked the wealth of Judge Petru Harmaniuc of the Chisinau Court of Appeals, who owns and has made transactions with several buildings and cars worth several million lei, w…
19 September 2022
Head of the CNA Criminal Investigation Department, photographed driving a luxury car, claims to have been illegally tailed. A judge, previously targeted in a memo he issued, denounced him for illicit enrichment.
Eugeniu Rurac, a former anti-corruption prosecutor who previously worked for the Intelligence and Security Service and is now acting head of the General Prosecution Directorate at the National Anti-Corruption C…
19 September 2022
President Maia Sandu: “Corrupt people in the system are still the biggest obstacle to justice reform”
Justice reform is still the “key element” of the transformations that Moldova has to go through. The results of this reform will influence citizens’ trust in the state but also how quickly we…
19 September 2022
The Ministry of Justice and the US Embassy in Chisinau signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support justice reforms
The Ministry of Justice of Moldova and the Embassy of the United States of America in Chisinau have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support justice reforms. The support will focus on “implementing…
19 September 2022
Notorious star-lawyer Valerian Mînzat, sentenced to nine years in prison, was released early. Lipcani Prison appeals the decision
Sentenced to nine years in prison in 2015, star lawyer Valerian Mînzat was released early from Lipcani Prison No 2, where he was serving his sentence in a fraud case. According to the information presented on t…
19 September 2022
Promo-LEX: Torture victim in Transnistria risks being deprived of his liberty for reporting abuses by the regime on the left bank of the Dniester River
Nicolae Garmaș, a resident of the Transnistrian region, was sentenced on August 29 by the so-called Tiraspol city court for allegedly complaining about acts of torture committed against him repeatedly by repres…
19 September 2022
A second judge, a candidate for membership of the Superior Council of Magistracy, withdrew from the integrity assessment competition.
The Independent Integrity Assessment Commission for candidates for membership in the self-administration bodies of judges and prosecutors (Pre-Vetting Commission) announced on Friday, 16 August, the adoption of…
19 September 2022
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