The NAC Synthesis: 1.3 million dollars deposited on CARA account held on cryptocurrency trading platform and seizures applied and confirmed on criminal assets of about 13 million lei

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) has presented the main actions carried out in the previous week. The Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) jointly with the Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) under the National Anti-corruption Centre, collected and transferred for safekeeping and administration to the Agency's account held on the cryptocurrency trading platform virtual assets worth 1,289,850, dollars within the framework of a criminal case initiated under art.243 (money laundering) of the Criminal Code. Also, during the reporting period, the CARA applied seizures on assets worth about 5 million lei, in a case of abuse of power, fraud and intentional insolvency, and the courts confirmed previously applied seizures, worth about 8 million lei.

Criminal investigation officers announce the initiation of 11 new criminal cases, and another 8 files have been sent to the prosecutor with a proposal to refer to trial. Currently, 3 people are in Detention Centre and 10 defendants, detained in the files managed by the institution, are placed in preventive detention in penitentiary institutions.

In the segment of corruption prevention, the NAC sent the authors 24 expert reports on draft normative acts. Also, 3 operational analyses were completed, 167 integrity records were released, and over 350 officials benefited from anti-corruption training. The National Anti-corruption Line received 48 calls, and 1,727 materials were registered in the institution's office.