{"id":1264,"date":"2019-08-12T02:41:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T00:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zdg.md\/eng\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2019-08-12T02:43:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T00:43:49","slug":"in-the-search-for-ilan-shor-hes-nowhere-to-be-found-on-interpols-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/in-the-search-for-ilan-shor-hes-nowhere-to-be-found-on-interpols-site\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Search For Ilan Shor, He\u2019s Nowhere To Be Found On Interpol\u2019s Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Moldova\u2019s Cahul Court of Appeal issued an arrest warrant for Ilan Shor on July 25 and on July 30, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a national and international search for him. But despite being accused of fraud and money laundering the name of the former mayor of Orhei is nowhere to be found on the Interpol site.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leader of Shor Party has not appeared in public since the Democratic Party withdrew into opposition on June 14, 2019. And prosecutors claim that he left Moldova illegally, passing through Chi\u0219in\u0103u International Airport, without going through customs or border control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interim Chief of the General Police Inspectorate, Gheorghe Balan, told ZdG that on July 29, all the necessary documents were presented to announce an international search for Ilan Shor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As we received the documents from the Cahul Court of Appeal, all the subdivisions concentrated their efforts on this matter immediately and the procedures to announce his search were carried out,”<\/em> Balan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shor\u2019s Name Is Not on the Interpol Site<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the authorities declared that Ilan Shor\u2019s name was included in a search using Interpol channels, we did not find his name on the Interpol site\u2019s wanted persons <\/em>list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, Viorel \u021aentiu, the Head of the International Police Cooperation Center, told ZdG that it\u2019s not mandatory for Shor’s name to appear on the Interpol website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No Member State is required to publish the name. It\u2019s entirely the decision of the state. If the state wants the information to be placed [online], then it does it, otherwise it does not place it. What is on the public site is only one tenth of the total procedure. However, I confirm that Mr. Ilan Shor is in international search through the Interpol channels,\u201d<\/em> \u021aentiu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked to explain why Chi\u0219in\u0103u authorities decided not to publish Shor’s name on the Interpol site, \u021aentiu said that “it’s not that they didn’t want to. We did not choose to do this. There are internal communication channels among the Interpol states. It is not mandatory to place names on the site. When it comes to people who are particularly dangerous, criminals, repeat offenders, then we make the announcement public,\u201d<\/em> he added, explaining s that no information has been received about Shor\u2019s whereabouts so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ilan Shor, Leader By Phone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although an arrest warrant has been issued in his name, Ilan Shor continues to post videos on his Facebook page stating that the Government has put enormous pressure on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Right from the first day, when they came to power, there were threats against me, my family, and my team,” <\/em>Shor states one of these videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 31, during a protest organized by his supporters in front of the Supreme Court of Justice, Ilan Shor spoke to the protesters via phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the Prosecutor\u2019s office, two criminal cases have been started regarding  deputy Ilan Shor\u2019s escape, which was made possible due to the negligence of the Border Police and Customs Service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prosecutor\u2019s Office claims that the Parliamentary Deputy Ilan Shor, accused of fraud and money laundering, fled Moldova between June 14-17, aboard a charter aircraft, without passing through customs and border control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n