NAC Synthesis: 21 cases opened, seizures of approximately 1.5 million lei applied to criminal assets and another 15.5 million lei confirmed by court decisions

The National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) has reported for the past week several actions in the direction of combating corruption, including searches, detentions, convictions in cases managed by the NAC, as well as seizures applied to criminal assets. Thus, during the reporting period, the NAC officers and prosecutors detained a young man from Fălești suspected of demanding and accepting 18,000 lei to favour a candidate in obtaining a driving license. Upon the prosecutors' request, the court issued an arrest warrant in his name for 30 days, with placement in prison. In another case, a resident of Ungheni district was detained for allegedly influencing customs officers in order to fraudulently import the EU cars into the Republic of Moldova. For his services, he allegedly systematically demanded various illicit remunerations.

Also, last week, the courts pronounced sentences of conviction in two cases initiated by the NAC. In one case, a police officer from Drochia was sentenced to one year in prison for influence peddling. The decision was pronounced by the Drochia Court, Central Headquarters. In the second case, the chief accountant of the SE "Centre for the Training of Specialists for the National Army" was fined 175 thousand lei for two episodes of influence peddling. The sentence was pronounced by the Chisinau Court, Buiucani Headquarters. We note that, at the moment, 14 people, arrested in the cases initiated by the NAC, are placed in prisons. During the reference period, criminal investigation officers initiated 21 criminal cases and proposed 18 files to prosecutors for resolution.

The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency (CARA) of the National Anti-corruption Centre (NAC) seized assets worth approximately 1.5 million lei last week, based on delegations from the General Inspectorate of Border Police (IGPF) and the National Police Investigation Inspectorate (INI). These include a residential building, a residential room and a building plot, seized in cases of organizing illegal migration and human trafficking. At the same time, the previously applied seizures worth over 15.5 million lei were confirmed by court decisions.

In the field of corruption prevention, the Legislation Directorate finalized and submitted to the authors 14 expert reports and 3 opinions on draft normative acts. During the mentioned period, an anti-corruption training was organized for 100 people. The NAC also notifies the initiation of 16 new studies, the issuance of 105 integrity records, the reception of 45 calls to the national anti-corruption hotline and the registration of 1844 materials in the Centre’s Chancellery.