The National Anti corruption Centre reports for the previous week several activities in the fields of preventing, combating corruption and criminal assets recovery. Thus, the NAC carried out searches in a case regarding the illegal construction of a premises on E. Doga Street - a historic area of ​​the capital. Several people have suspect status, including those responsible for carrying out works with deviations from the project documentation, the extension of the construction on public property and the final reception in the absence of permissive documents. These actions were allegedly committed while the works were suspended based on a control act issued by the National Inspectorate for Technical Supervision (INST).

Also during this period, four people were detained in two influence peddling cases. In the first case, two people are suspected of having demanded and accepted improper means to facilitate the passing of theoretical and practical tests in the driving exam, category B, in favor of a third person. In the second case, the suspects allegedly invoked alleged influences on members of the medical commissions and demanded and received illicit financial means for the issuance of medical certificates necessary to obtain a driving license and professional competence certificates, without physically appearing at the medical commission. At the moment, 7 people, targeted in the Centre's files, are arrested and detained in penitentiary institutions.

The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA), under the NAC, seized a residential room worth approximately 5.8 million lei. The property was seized based on the delegations of the National Police Investigation Inspectorate (INI), in a fraud case. Also, seizures previously applied to assets of over 6 million lei were confirmed by court decisions.

In the field of corruption prevention, the Legislation Directorate finalized and submitted to the authors 17 expert reports on draft normative acts. Also last week, an operational analysis was conducted and 111 integrity records were released.

The National Anti-corruption Hotline received 59 calls, and 1,477 materials were registered in the NAC office.

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC), together with Cahul municipal prosecutors, detained two people following searches carried out in a criminal case based on influence peddling. According to the investigation materials, the suspects allegedly demanded and received various amounts of money from several citizens, claiming that they could influence the members of the Commission for the Examination of Knowledge in the Field of Industrial Security for the issuance of certificates of education and professional competence. In exchange for the money, the documents were allegedly obtained without the beneficiaries physically showing up for the training classes.

At the same time, anticorruption officers carried out criminal investigation actions in another influence peddling case, in which one of the men mentioned was targeted for acting in complicity with a third person. They allegedly claimed to have influence over the members of the medical commissions and allegedly demanded and received illicit financial means for the completion of the medical certificates necessary to obtain a driving license and professional competence certificates, without physically appearing at the medical commission.

At the moment, two of the suspects were detained for 72 hours and were placed in isolation, and the third is being investigated at liberty.

Investigations into the case continue to establish all the circumstances and identify the entire circle of people involved. The NAC reminds that any person shall be presumed innocent until a final and irrevocable court decision is rendered.

The National Anti-corruption Centre and the prosecutors of Chisinau municipality are conducting criminal investigation actions in the capital in a case regarding the illegal construction of a premises on E. Doga Street - a historical area of ​​the municipality. The searches are taking place at several persons responsible for the execution of works with deviations from the project documentation, the extension of the construction on public property and the final reception in the absence of permissive documents in the conditions in which the construction was stopped based on a control act of the National Inspectorate for Technical Supervision (INST).

At the moment, 10 people have suspect status, including the head of the Monuments Inspection Agency within the Ministry of Culture, the beneficiary of the premises, the representative of an economic agent and several persons responsible for the technical works. Criminal investigation officers document the violations admitted by the suspected persons in terms of committing the crime provided for in art. 257 paragraph (2) and art. 257/1 paragraph (2) of the Criminal Code – “Poor quality of construction works”.

The criminal investigation actions are carried out under the procedural leadership of the Chisinau Municipal Prosecutor’s Office, and the suspects are to be escorted to the NAC headquarters for hearings.

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

The National Anti-corruption Centre informs that, on January 13, 2026, the NAC officers, under the procedural leadership of the prosecutors from Cahul municipality, carried out criminal investigation actions in Comrat in a case initiated on the commission of the crime of influence peddling.

According to the case materials, two people are suspected of having demanded and accepted the amount of 2000 euros, to facilitate the successful promotion of the theoretical and practical tests for the driving exam, category B, in favour of a third person.

As part of the criminal investigation actions, searches were carried out at homes, in cars, in the garage, as well as body searches of both persons concerned, who were subsequently detained for a period of 72 hours.

The criminal investigation is ongoing. The persons concerned benefit from the presumption of innocence, according to legal provisions.

The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) under the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) applied, in the last week, seizures of assets of illicit origin worth approximately 140.8 million lei. The assets were frozen in files targeting crimes of money laundering, theft, fraud, intentional insolvency and illegal obtaining and/or disclosure of information constituting commercial, banking or fiscal secrets. The seized assets include 4 residential buildings, a share capital, 3 bank accounts, 32 non-residential premises and 2 residential premises, 2 means of transport, 4 land plots for construction and other assets. Seizures previously applied, amounting to over 96 million lei, were confirmed by court decisions. At the same time, the Agency issued 5 freezing orders on 5 bank accounts and a means of transport.

During the reporting week, NAC officers conducted searches in a file regarding the violation of construction rules on the land of the former “GAUDEAMUS” cinema. In the absence of the Ministry of Culture’s approval, representatives of the construction company allegedly obtained from the Chisinau City Hall the necessary permissive documents, including the urban planning certificate, and subsequently the building permit for the construction of a multifunctional complex with over 15 floors, and ordered the commencement of the actual works, with non-compliance with the normative distances between the construction and the protection zones of the historical monuments in question. For a week, NAC criminal investigation officers initiated 7 criminal cases. Currently, 7 people are detained in prisons, being pre-trial detainees.

The Chisinau Court, Buiucani seat, pronounced sentences of conviction against the vice-president of the Rîșcani territorial organization and the secretary 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. Both were sentenced to 4 years in prison.

In terms of corruption prevention, 3 operational analyses were conducted, 32 calls were received at the National Anti-Corruption Line, and 1313 materials were registered in the institution's office.