Investigations
The Head Of The Biggest Moldovan Cemetery Reinstated
Pavel Eni, the head of the Saint Lazarus cemetery, previously detained for corruption and later suspended from office at the prosecutors’ request, was reinstated. The Chișinău Court took the decision on Thursda…
25 February 2021
A Former President’s Associate Impossible To Fire
The Criuleni Court handed down a decision by which they reinstated the socialist president of Dubasari district, Grigore Filipov, suspended on December 16, 2020, by a decision of the Dubasari District Council.
24 February 2021
A Common Notary for Plahotniuc, Shor, Platon, and Dodon
A notary that previously authorized documents for the oligarch Plahotniuc, the fugitive Shor, and the controversial businessman Platon, allegedly provided notary services for the former president, Igor Dodon. O…
18 February 2021
Public Property Agency Officials Cash in Thousands of Euros From State-Owned Companies
Officials within the Public Property Agency (PPA) receive annually, additionally to salary income, allowances of thousands of euros by shares with full or majority state capital. ZdG analyzed the declarations o…
08 February 2021
Settling a Dispute of 2 Million Euros Between Controversial Businessmen Platon and Shor
At the beginning of the year, companies affiliated with the two controversial businessmen Platon and Shor signed an alleged Settlement Agreement in a dispute of up to 2 million euros. Veaceslav Platon publicly…
08 February 2021
Criminal Cases Becoming Non-Criminal for a Moldovan Prosecutor
A former prosecutor from the Chișinău Prosecutor’s Office was tried for exceeding his authority and accused of investigating fraudulently a murder case of a Dutch citizen killed by three Moldovan citizens…
02 February 2021
Connections and Conflicts of Interest Between Candidates and Members of the Contest Commission for the Position of ECtHR Judge
The contest for the position of Moldova’s judge to the European Court of Human Rights for the next nine years happens against a background of conflicts of interest and allegations of lack of integrity between c…
01 February 2021
Local Corruption of Thousands of Euros for a Cultural Center’s Renovation Work
In the last two years, the authorities invested over 660,000 euros from the state budget in the repair of the community cultural center in Gotești, Cantemir district, southern Moldova. However, ZdG found that t…
22 January 2021
How Corruption in Moldovan Football Is (Not) Punished
Several corruption scandals have shaken Moldovan football in the last decade. However, the punishments were purely symbolic and did not target any of the notorious people. In early December 2020, law enforcemen…
16 January 2021
Concrete Instead of Trees in a Chișinău Forest
Durlești Forest, located in the suburbs of Chisinau, is destroyed under the eyes of the authorities. Instead of trees growing, we see reinforced concrete constructions all over the place, despite the fact that…
15 January 2021
REPORTAGE
