Investigations
Igor Popa, Head of Chișinău Prosecutor’s Office, Ciocana Headquarters, was Detained for 72 hours being Accused of Illicit Enrichment
Igor Popa, the head of the Chișinău Prosecutor’s Office, Ciocana headquarters, was detained for 72 hours on Tuesday, November 9. According to the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, Igor Pope is sus…
09 November 2021
Prosecutors Request Arrest for Former Director of Metalferos, Accused of Complicity with Vlad Plahotniuc in Creating and Running a Criminal Organization
Prosecutors request 30-day pre-trial detention for Alexei Țîmbrovschi, the former director of Metalferos Company, a joint-stock company in which the state holds the majority stake. On November 8, a request in t…
08 November 2021
INVESTIGATION: A Fictitious Employment in Police: Godfather Plahotniuc and the Secret Mission of His Godson Damir
Dorin Damir, the godson of the oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, was infiltrated by the police to document his godfather. This is how Alexandru Pînzari, the head of the General Police Inspectorate at the time when…
07 November 2021
INVESTIGATION: “Confidential” Expenses in the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on Moldova’s economy and has shown the true face of the healthcare system. To overcome the situation, the Government negotiated with the Council of Europe D…
07 November 2021
The Runaway Oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc has been Charged with Creating and Running a Criminal Organization, Money Laundering, and Large-scale Fraud in the Metalferos Criminal Case
Former leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plahotniuc has been charged in the Metalferos criminal case. He is accused of creating and running a criminal organization, money laundering, and large-…
05 November 2021
INVESTIGATION: Biomass Heating: The Story of a Local Failure Funded with Millions of Euros by Japan
While the authorities are looking for alternative solutions to Russian gas, 15 km from Chișinău, a pellet production plant, which was to provide heat to several public institutions, has been out of order for mo…
01 November 2021
Russian Banker Gherman Gorbuntsov Illegally Obtained a Double Identity in Moldova
The name of the fourth citizen about whom the director of the Public Services Agency, Mircea Eșanu, declared that he has a double identity in Moldova is, according to some sources of Ziarul de Gardă, the Russia…
29 October 2021
INVESTIGATION: Power and Wealth – The Evolution of Igor Dodon Since He Came to the Public Office Until He Abandoned His Parliamentary Mandate
Igor Dodon, the leader of the Party of Socialists of Moldova resigned as a deputy in the Chișinău Parliament. At a press conference on October 18, he said his role as the opposition leader has changed completel…
24 October 2021
Elena Cazacov, State Prosecutor in the Vlad Filat Case, was Appointed Interim Head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office
Prosecutor Elena Cazacov, who represented the state prosecution in the Vlad Filat case, and who will provide the interim position of head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, lives in an apartment p…
18 October 2021
INVESTIGATION: What is Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo Accused Of? Details of the Five Parts of the Claim for which the Suspended Prosecutor General was Detained
Alexandr Stoianoglo, the suspended Prosecutor General who has been placed under house arrest for the next 30 days, is being prosecuted for five parts of the claim. According to anti-corruption prosecutor Victor…
16 October 2021
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