NAC Synthesis: 123 frozen cryptocurrencies, about 3.2 million lei seized by the CARA and over 1,000,000 lei seized in an electoral corruption case
The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) has announced the summary of the activities of its subdivisions, carried out last week. Thus, following searches carried out in an electoral corruption case, over 1,000,000 lei was seized from individuals affiliated with a foundation in the Russian Federation, included in the European Union sanctions list and affiliated with political parties. At the same time, two cases of influence peddling in the issuance of driving licenses were detected. The investigations target the alleged influence over doctors, employees of driving schools and representatives of the driver examination commissions within the Public Services Agency (ASP) for which illicit financial means were allegedly received and received. We note that, at the moment, 7 persons, targeted in the Centre’s files, are arrested and detained in penitentiary institutions. During the reporting period, the criminal investigation officers of the NAC submitted 13 criminal cases to the prosecutors for resolution, and another 11 files were initiated.
The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) of the NAC announces the issuance of 2 freezing orders on 123 cryptocurrencies in a total amount of about 900 thousand lei. Also last week, the CARA applied seizures on illicit assets worth about 3.2 million lei, which were frozen based on the delegations of the General Inspectorate of Border Police (IGPF) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Briceni Prosecutor's Office and the General Inspectorate of Police (IGP). These include 2 means of transport, 3 social capitals, a residential building, a land plot for construction and 5 bank accounts. In addition, the seizures previously applied to assets worth about 600 000 lei were confirmed by court decisions.
In the field of corruption prevention, the Legislation Directorate finalized and submitted to the authors 22 expert reports on draft normative acts last week. At the same time, 6 anti-corruption trainings were organized for over 400 people, 3 operational analyses were conducted and 136 integrity records were released. The national anti-corruption hotline received 59 calls, and 1445 materials were registered in the NAC Chancellery.