The NAC Synthesis: 20 new files opened, 20 cases sent to court and seizures applied to illicit assets worth 12 million lei
The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) has informed about the main actions carried out in the previous week in the areas of preventing and combating corruption, as well as the recovery of criminal assets. During this period, the NAC detained a man red-handed suspected of having demanded and received 900 euros for the completion of a driving license. Holding the position of instructor at a driving school in Bălți, he allegedly claimed to have influence over some employees of the Vehicle Registration and Driver Documentation Office in Bălți and that he could determine them to organize the successful passing of the theoretical and practical test for the category B driving exam. The detention took place at the time of the transfer of the money, and following the body search, the financial means were seized, transferred under the control of anticorruption officers. At the moment, the accused is under arrest for 30 days.
During the week, 20 new criminal cases were initiated, and another 20 files were sent to trial. Currently, 2 people are in the NAC detention centre and 8 people detained in files managed by the NAC are in penitentiary institutions in preventive detention.
In the segment of recovering criminal assets, the Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) of the NAC applied seizures on 31 assets, totalling over 5.5 million lei. The assets were seized based on the delegations of the Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office and the Edineț and Strășeni Police Inspectorates, in files of abuse of power, money laundering, smuggling, management of a criminal organization, abuse of office, issuing a decision in violation of the law, making, possessing or using official documents and illegal drug trafficking. At the same time, seizures previously applied to assets estimated at over 7 million lei were confirmed by court decisions, and 440 thousand lei were taken over for administration.
In the field of corruption prevention, the NAC Legislation Department finalized and submitted to the authors 14 expert reports and 2 opinions on draft normative acts. Also, an operational analysis was finalized, 104 criminal records were released, and anti-corruption training was organized for 400 officials.
The National Anti-corruption Line received 49 calls, and 1,663 materials were registered in the NAC Chancellery.