NAC synthesis: Assets of around 11 million lei seized and dozens of searches in cases of illegal financing of a political formation, corruption and influence peddling

The National Anti-corruption Centre has reported for the past week searches in cases of illegal financing of a political formation, passive electoral corruption and influence peddling. In one case, several prosecutions took place in the north of the country in a case based on the fact of electoral corruption and illegal financing of political parties, targeting the Balti office of a formation, as well as other locations. In this case, multiple episodes of corruption of voters were documented in order for the latter to obtain illegal remuneration for exercising the right to vote. In another case, six representatives of the same political party were searched in several localities in Nisporeni and Străseni in two criminal cases based on the fact of electoral corruption. They are suspected of having offered financial means to voters in order to induce them to vote in a certain way in the October 20 election. At the same time, a man from the north of the country was detained in an influence peddling case. The suspect allegedly demanded 60 thousand lei to influence a court decision. At the moment, 12 people, arrested in the cases initiated by the NAC, are placed in penitentiary institutions. During the reference period, the criminal investigation officers proposed 8 criminal cases for prosecution.

The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) of the NAC seized assets worth over 11 million lei, last week, based on the delegations of the General Directorate on Criminal Investigation (GDCI) of the NAC, the State Fiscal Service (SFS) and the Inspectorate of Botanica police (IP Botanica). These include a non-residential building, a residential and 2 non-residential premises, 4 agricultural and 2 building plots, as well as cash. They were seized in a case of passive corruption, falsification of public documents, corporate tax evasion and fraud.

In the field of corruption prevention, the Legislation Directorate completed and delivered to the authors 12 expert reports on draft normative acts, last week. Also, 16 forensic expertises were completed, and another 83 expertises are under the management of the specialized department. During the mentioned period, 6 anti-corruption trainings were organized for 600 people. The NAC notifies the completion of 3 operational analyses, the release of 157 integrity records, the reception of 55 calls to the National Anti-corruption Hotline and the registration of 1433 materials in the Centre’s Chancellery.