The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) continued to conduct campaigns to promote integrity in public institutions. In total, 17 training sessions were organized during this period, in which 760 people participated.

The “Integrity for a Safe Society” campaign continued in nine structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova: the General Inspectorate of Carabinieri, the Central Regional Directorate of the IGC, the Information Technology Service, as well as the police inspectorates in Hincesti, Straseni, Calarasi, Comrat, Anenii Noi and the Police Directorate of the Gagauz Autonomous Region. The initiative aims to promote integrity as a pillar of good governance within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, contributing to the consolidation of an institutional climate based on ethics, responsibility and transparency.

In parallel, as part of the “Integrity for Health” campaign, the NAC officers and anti-corruption volunteers discussed with medical staff from health centers in Hincesti, Straseni, Calarasi, Comrat and Anenii Noi about the importance of integrity in the medical system and the prevention of corruption in the exercise of professional duties.

The promotion of an organizational culture based on integrity was also addressed during a training for employees of the Moldovan Institute of Standardization, where ethical standards and principles of good governance were highlighted through dialogue and practical examples.

At the same time, anti-corruption officers participated as trainers in a specialized course for ministers and state secretaries, organized by the National Institute of Public Administration and Management, dedicated to strengthening integrity standards at the level of management positions in public administration.

These actions are part of the NAC's ongoing efforts to promote a culture of integrity, strengthen corruption prevention mechanisms, and involve public institutions and society in building a climate based on transparency, accountability, and fairness.
 

Officers of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) together with prosecutors from the Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office (APO) today have conducted 20 searches of several people suspected of having hatched a criminal plan to dispossess a company of assets procured through a public auction, causing material damage in the amount of over 12 million lei.

According to the evidence administered, after the non-payment of loans contracted by a local company from a commercial bank, the forced transfer of the pledged assets into the possession of the bank was ordered, for the purpose of their subsequent valorisation. However, the administrator of the debtor company allegedly continued to use the assets transferred into the possession of the bank for several years.

After several attempts to forcibly realize the pledged assets, an auction was held at the end of 2020, during which the real estate was sold for over 12 million lei. Although the winning company was designated, which subsequently paid the full amount for the purchase of the assets, and all operations were approved in accordance with the law, several individuals, including the administrator of the debtor company, allegedly initiated various actions in order to prevent the winning company from entering into ownership rights over the assets.

These actions allegedly culminated in the transfer of ownership of the real estate to a third-party company, managed by individuals affiliated with the debtor company. As a result of the criminal actions, the injured party was allegedly caused significant damage.

By this time, two individuals have been detained for 72 hours, and other individuals are to be investigated at large. The criminal investigation continues to establish all the circumstances of the case and the entire criminal chain.
 

A senior inspector from the Inspectorate for Environmental Protection was detained by officers of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) and prosecutors of the Chisinau Municipality Prosecutor's Office, suspected of passive corruption.

According to the NAC, the official was detained red-handed on the evening of March 11, 2026, while receiving under control the amount of 10,000 lei from a resident of Trușeni commune, Chisinau municipality. The money was allegedly demanded in exchange for the person's exoneration from criminal liability for alleged violations and to avoid restitution of any damage caused to the environment, in connection with the execution of works on a land belonging to the whistle-blower.

In this case, the NAC initiated a criminal investigation based on reasonable suspicion of the commission of the crime of passive corruption.

Currently, anti-corruption officers, under the procedural leadership of the Chisinau City Prosecutor's Office, are carrying out actions to establish all the circumstances of the case, identify the persons involved and hold them criminally liable.

We remind that any person benefits from the presumption of innocence until a final and irrevocable decision is rendered by the court.
 

Officers of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) and prosecutors of the Chisinau City Prosecutor's Office have conducted several searches in a systemic corruption case, targeting representatives of the Customs Service, representatives of a customs brokerage company, as well as a business entity.

According to the case materials, the criminal investigations target the allegedly illicit activity of a customs broker, who allegedly demanded and received from the representative of a business entity undue financial means. In exchange for these, the broker allegedly promised to influence some Customs Service employees to facilitate the validation of customs declarations in the process of importing certain products.

Following the special investigative measures and the criminal investigation actions carried out, one person was detained for 72 hours and is to be placed in detention centre of the NAC. Four other people, including employees of the Customs Service, are to be investigated at liberty.

The actions continue under the procedural leadership of the prosecutors, to establish all the circumstances of the case and identify all the persons involved.

We remind that any person shall be presumed innocent until a final court decision is rendered.
 

The Chișinău Court, Buiucani seat, pronounced the sentence of conviction regarding the former vice-president of the Rîșcani territorial office of a former political party, for committing the crime of complicity in knowingly accepting financing of the political party from an organized criminal group.

The court imposed a sentence of 4 years in prison, with the execution of the sentence in a semi-closed penitentiary, as well as deprivation of the right to hold positions and exercise administrative and financial management activities within political parties, for a period of 4 years.

The criminal case was examined in the absence of the defendant, the court maintaining the preventive measure - preventive arrest, he is currently wanted.

Also, the confiscation of approximately 1.2 million lei from the defendant's account for the benefit of the state was ordered, as funds used in the commission of the crime.

According to the evidence administered by the National Anti-corruption Centre, jointly with the Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office and the Intelligence and Security Service, the defendant, acting as vice president of the Rîșcani territorial office of a former political party (declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Court Decision no. 10 of 19.06.2023 and removed from the State Register of Legal Entities on 23.01.2024), knowing that the party was financed by an organized criminal group, together with other members of the party, allegedly contributed to the acceptance of this illegal financing.

Thus, the defendant would have accepted, through complicity and consciously, the receipt of funds in the amount of approximately 1.2 million lei, derived from illegal activities and used to finance the party's activities, including the organization of protests and the remuneration of participants, with the aim of influencing political processes in the Republic of Moldova and obtaining power through illegal means.

Prosecutors are to decide, within 15 days, whether to appeal the sentence.

Note: The person accused of committing a crime shall be presumed innocent as long as his guilt is not established by a final court decision.