{"id":7319,"date":"2021-06-14T12:58:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T09:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T09:58:36","slug":"investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Several former and current foresters filed a complaint with the law enforcement agencies, revealing the way in which wood was stolen from the forests located on the territory of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti district. The denunciation was signed and sent to state institutions aftera family of foresters publicly revealed the illegalities committed by the head of the Forest District last December.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following those public accusations, a control was carried out which showed that, in the last year, over 450 cubic meters of wood were stolen in only two cantons, registering a damage of almost 700 000 lei.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five and a half months after those revelations, their protagonists have different stories. The accused head of the Forest District is close to returning to the system. His lawyer is the son of the president of the court that examines the dispute, as well as the godfather of the daughter of the person he represents. The accuser however cannot return to the system, despite the repeated promises of the head of Moldsilva, which he made during private discussions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gheorghe Buhn\u0103’s dream – to be a forester<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 is 23 years old and he has a dream, to follow in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, grandfather and father Gheorghe. All three were foresters and in the last almost 80 years they took care not to allow wood thefts in the forest near the villages of Corne\u0219ti and Boghiceni. Gheorghi\u021b\u0103, as his relatives call him, lived practically all his life in the forest, learning from his father all the secrets of a forester\u2019s job. Last October he completed his studies in the field and his dream came true. Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 was employed, for a probationary period of three months, as a forester in Canton no. 14 from Bujor Forest District of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti-Silva Forestry Enterprise, a canton which his father managed over the last 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, after less than three months of work, Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, then head of the Bujor Forest District, informed Gheorghe that his employment contract will not be extended because, following a control, they allegedly detected a few illegally cut trees in the canton he managed. It was then that Gheorghe, together with his father, told their story in a video published by civic activist Vasile Costiuc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cThe boss wants us to be silent and submissive, to steal wood and to give him money.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They accused Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu of destroying the forest and talked about the illegalities committed within the Bujor Forest District, previously managed by him. \u201cThe boss wants us to be silent and submissive, to steal the forest and to give him money<\/em>,\u201d said Gheorghe Buhn\u0103, and his son and namesake confirmed his words. \u201cI was fired because I allegedly cut down the forest. He can’t prove it \u2026 I also went to the director, to Apostolachi Gheorghe, and to Merz\u00e2ncu, I asked him: let\u2019s verify. Indeed, I agree to take the punishment if the boy is guilty; I am an old forester and I do not like to cut down trees in vain. We wanted to appoint a commission to see on the spot, if the boy is guilty, we kick him out, but let us check in all sectors and see who is guilty. They did not agree. They just fired him and that’s it. And the forest was all divided among these foresters who steal it,\u201d<\/em> the two claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be a good and caring forester in the Bujor Forest District, where Merz\u00e2ncu Valeriu is the head, is a shame, according to him. If I go to the meeting, I have to sit in a corner and they all criticize me because I don’t cut down trees or give money. Everyone says to me: How long will you keep the forest, cut it down. Cut it and bring money<\/em>,\u201d accuses Gheorghe Buhn\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The denunciation filed at the law enforcement: How to steal wood from the forest.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The revelations made by the Buhn\u0103 family gave courage to some other former and current employees of the H\u00e2nce\u0219ti-Silva Forestry Enterprise to talk about the thefts in the forests of Moldova. In January, this year, Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 and his son, together with five other former and current foresters, filed a complaint with the General Prosecutor’s Office, the National Anticorruption Center and the Parliament of Moldova in which they described how Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, the head of the Bujor Forest District, devised a “fraudulent scheme” by which the wood is stolen from the areas where the trees were cut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former foresters state that in the plots where the planned cuts take place based on the evidence documents, a certain amount of wood that was cut is indicated; de facto, it exceeds by at least 40-50 percent the indicated amount, and in some cases – even 100 percent. \u201cThus, as soon as the cuttings are completed, Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu or other intermediaries, at his indication, steal the surplus wood that was not reflected in the documents of strict evidence, without accounting it and without paying money for it and transport it to the wood processing units in the villages of Bujor and Leu\u0219eni, which he or his family members own<\/em>,\u201d the denunciation states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cPeople loyal to Mr. Merz\u00e2ncu were hired in our place.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In their complaint the former foresters reveal another scheme used for forest theft: in the documents, the wood classified as \u201clogs\u201d is indicated as being of a lower quality, the rest being passed to the \u201cfirewood\u201d category. It\u2019s a \u2018get-prosperous-fast\u2019 scheme, because the price for a cubic meter of wood classified as \u201clogs\u201d is 960 lei, and the price of a cubic meter of firewood is 312 lei. \u201cThus, only from one cubic meter of wood purchased by Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu through intermediaries, the state budget is damaged by 648 lei. He buys thousands of cubic meters through this scheme yearly<\/em>,\u201d the former foresters denounce, claiming that, although they tried to expose these illegalities several times, they were not successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of us were abusively dismissed by Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, and others submitted a resignation request, because we did not want to participate in the illegal actions committed by him. Therefore, people loyal to Mr. Merz\u00e2ncu were hired in our place, so that he can further implement his scheme in all forest plots. Moreover, his son is also employed as a foreman, and until 2019 his brother worked as a forester too<\/em>,\u201d wrote the former Moldsilva employees, who demanded appointing an independent commission to verify all the cuts in the Prut plain, between the villages of Pog\u0103ne\u0219ti and Nem\u021beni, in the period 2018-2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In only two cantons, over 450 cubic meters of wood were stolen, the estimated damage amounts to 680,000 lei<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the revelations of the Buhn\u0103 family and the denunciation addressed to the law enforcement bodies, controls were carried out in the forest sectors managed by four foresters. In two of the sectors thefts were revealed worth 680,000 lei. A document signed by engineer Anatoli Iamboglo denotes that in canton no. 8, managed by the forester Ion Hanganu, 284 cubic meters of firewood were illegally cut, and in canton no. 10, where Vasile Rotaru was a forester, 178 cubic meters of wood of the same kind were illegally cut. In total, more than 450 cubic meters of wood were stolen. For comparison, this amount of wood means, in fact, all the trees on an area of \u200b\u200babout two hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the controls at Bujor Forest District, Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu was dismissed, as well as the foresters Ion Hanganu and Vasile Rotaru. The two foresters were forced by law, to compensate the state for the damage caused by illegal logging in the cantons they managed. In 2017 Vasile Rotaru had already been fired, but he got back to work after contesting the dismissal order in court. Alexandru Macar, the son of the president of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti Court, was the lawyer who represented the forester\u2019s interests during the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the same period, the canton managed by Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 until the end of December 2020 was verified as well. However, there were found only 10 cubic meters of wood which were allegedly cut illegally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of Moldsilva: “You have my word and I never break my promise.”<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Buhn\u0103 family spoke publicly about illegal deforestation, and the head of the Bujor Forest District and two foresters were fired. This may create the appearance that they are successful and brave. It’s just that the reality is different. Although the same control showed that in the canton supervised by Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 and previously by his father were discovered only a few trees that were allegedly cut down illegally, Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 was not reinstated, although Dumitru Cojocaru, the head of Moldsilva, promised to do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a discussion between Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 and Dumitru Cojocaru in January 2021, the head of Moldsilva promised the young forester that all those involved in the theft of wood will be punished, and he will be reinstated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gheorghe Buhn\u0103: <\/strong>I wanted to ask you, will I be able to continue the family dynasty of foresters?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dumitru Cojocaru:<\/strong> Absolutely. What\u2019s the problem? You have my word. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gh. B.:<\/strong> Simply, now, in three hours, we found 270 tree stubs. Can you imagine? If we work a week there, there might be about a thousand tree stubs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D. C.: <\/strong>Not as many as a thousand, however, they are going to pay them all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gh. B.: <\/strong>Paying is not enough; they have to get their punishment. They can easily pay, they have money. It is more important that they are brought to court.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D.C.:<\/strong> They will pay and they will be dismissed. We\u2019ll send the evidence to the Prosecutor\u2019s Office. I\u2019ll call the district prosecutor tomorrow, we\u2019ll settle everything.   I\u2019ve tighten the screws on many persons this year but I got no signal from here, probably because it is a bit farther. You shouldn\u2019t fear anything. I told you, we\u2019ll solve everything together. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cIf you want to be reinstated, you should apologize in public.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the discussions between the head of Moldsilva and Gheorghe Buhn\u0103, the former was very generous at making promises. \u201cWe will solve everything. You shouldn\u2019t worry. I’ll take care of everything. They will cry bitterly, they will all end up behind the bars<\/em>,\u201d Cojocaru told Buhn\u0103 in another discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter I publicly made the disclosure, Mr. Cojocaru Dumitru, the head of Moldsilva, often invited me to his office. He promised me that I would be reinstated, he asked me to keep calm, and not to sue the order by which I was dismissed for allegedly five illegally cut stumps. I did as he said, only a lot of time passed, several months\u2026 I went to him about a week ago (the discussion was filmed on March 15, 2021, ed. note), because he called me. I thought he was going to take me back to work. But he said, \u201cIf you want us to reinstate you, you will have to make public statements.\u201d So, I have to apologize in public. But I didn’t ruin his image, I only showed him what is done in the forest,\u201d says Gheorghe Buhn\u0103, puzzled that things didn’t change much after he got the courage to speak out in public about wood thefts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe continues to profit from the old schemes.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe foreman who was in charge of all these cuts, alongside with the dismissed foresters and Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, is still working. He carries on with the old schemes. I was only called by the police, apparently, to testify how these trees were cut down or if I saw anything. In any case, the men who were caught with this amount of trees, they did not get any punishemnt. They are fine, they don’t even want to pay the compensations, because they don’t admit their guilt<\/em>,\u201d Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 describes the state of facts five and a half months after he exposed the wood thefts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the complaint regarding the illegalities was filed with the law enforcement body, Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 was summoned to hearings, where he was asked about the illegal cuts down. However, the criminal case is still pending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll my life I lived in the forest, with the thought of serving the forest, as my parents, my grandfather, my great-grandfather did. But with the bandits who are now in power it is not possible\u2026 Good people can’t work. If I did what most foresters do, cut down, sell and give money to the competent bodies, then yes, I would continue to work and everything would be fine<\/em>,\u201d Gheorghe Buhn\u0103 is sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The son of the court president is the godfather of the daughter of the person he represents as lawyer in the court led by his father<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlike Gheorghe Buhn\u0103, whose returning to forestry seems a difficult process, Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, dismissed because he did not fulfill his duties properly, may return to office faster and more easily. He challenged in court the order by which he was dismissed, demanding that he be reinstated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The litigation is examined at the H\u00e2nce\u0219ti Court, and the decision will be pronounced in mid-June. Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu did not participate in any court hearing, his request for reinstatement being examined in absentia. He is represented in the trial by the lawyer Alexandru Macar, the son of Mihail Macar, the president of the H\u00e2nce\u0219ti Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar is also the godfather of Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu’s daughter, Doina Merz\u00e2ncu-Bu\u021b\u0103, who works as a judiciary assistant at the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court and wants to become a judge. The lawyer demanded that Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu be reinstated, on the grounds that he was fired by Moldsilva and not by the H\u00e2nce\u0219ti-Silva Enterprise, which hired him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the hearing on May 21, which took place a week before the pronouncement of the decision, Alexandru Macar and the representative of Moldsilva, Ana Fratea, had an exchange of contradictory remarks about the course of the court hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>There was an attempt to violate the provisions of Article 119.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea: <\/strong>How was it violated?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>By the vicious presentation of documents, which were not granted to me or to the applicant.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea: <\/strong>The applicant had them from the moment he gave explanations \u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>The law is one for all. If you called the press, it means that the law must be one for everyone. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea:<\/strong> Nobody called the press. The press has been notified since the complaint was filed by Mr. Buhn\u0103.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>I’m glad. To see all the illegalities committed by the Moldsilva Agency.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea:<\/strong> And you think the Moldsilva Agency must be silent about the damage of 680 000 lei.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar:<\/strong> It must not be silent, it must punish those responsible. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea:<\/strong> True.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are my business interests, I can’t tell you\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea, the representative of the Moldsilva Agency, did not know, after the court hearing on May 21, 2021, about the connections between Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu and the family of his lawyer, Alexandru Macar. However, she already created the impression that the judge was not impartial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG:<\/strong> Do you know that Mr. Macar Alexandru is the son of the president of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti Court, and Mr. Macar is the godfather of Mr. Merz\u00e2ncu’s daughter?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ana Fratea:<\/strong> No, I didn’t know about that \u2026. It is a very serious reason and already due to some actions of the judge the impartiality between the participants in the process is reduced.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawyer Alexandru Macar denied that he knew Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu just an hour and a half before the court hearing in which he represented his interests. He also denies that he is the godfather of Merz\u00e2ncu’s daughter, despite the fact that ZdG has evidence to prove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG: <\/strong>Are you, by affinity, a relative of Mr. Merz\u00e2ncu?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>No.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG: <\/strong>Are you his daughter\u2019s godfather?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>No. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG: <\/strong>Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar:<\/strong> Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu. I don\u2019t know him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG:<\/strong> Are you sure?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>I tell you, I don\u2019t know him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG:<\/strong> You don\u2019t know Merz\u00e2ncu Valeriu?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>Merz\u00e2ncu Valeriu? I know a different Merz\u00e2ncu, he is my client.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG: <\/strong>Another Merz\u00e2ncu, Mihail, and you don\u2019t know Valeriu? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>Well, I know him a little. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG:<\/strong> You never represented his interests as a laywer!? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alexandru Macar: <\/strong>These are my business interests, I can’t tell you. I have my professional secrets.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not hiding anything, you should know.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An hour and a half after this discussion, Alexandru Macar appeared at the court hearing at the H\u00e2nce\u0219ti Court as Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu’s lawyer, in the process in which he requested his reinstatement. Although he initially announced that he was “giving an interview”, Alexandru Macar later dodged. He changed his statements, affirming that he did not say that he did not know Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu. \u201cI told you I can’t give the names of the people I work with. This is a professional secret. I cannot reveal the name of my client if he\/she doesn\u2019t want to. That is what the lawyer\u2019s regulation forbids me to do<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked the lawyer if it is ethical to attend court hearings in the court led by his father, considering that he was in an affinity relationship with his client. \u201cI am not hiding anything, you should know. There is the Ethics and Discipline Commission of the Bar Union and the Judicial Inspection. For example, I do not know who the president of the Supreme Court of Justice is. Does it mean he is not allowed to attend meetings? Each judge is independent and irremovable and has the right to examine cases. If he feels suspicious, he may refrain from examining the case, right?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG met Mihail Macar, the president of the H\u00e2nce\u0219ti Court, in front of his house in H\u00e2nce\u0219ti, and he told us that he would not know Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu. Mihail and Alexandru Macar are also targeted in the statements of the forester Vasile Frunz\u0103, who said that, at the request of the head of Bobeica Forest District, he took wood to the house of the Macar family in H\u00e2nce\u0219ti<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The family business of the head of Bujor Forest District<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu has worked in the forestry for over 30 years, and was head of the Bujor Forest District practically throughout all this period. He managed no less than 5.300 hectares of forest. His brother, Mihail Merz\u00e2ncu, also a forester, is now mayor of Cotul Morii commune, elected on the lists of the Socialist Party of Moldova, the party that promoted the current director of the Moldsilva Agency, Dumitru Cojocaru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZdG found that, in the position of forest protector assigned by law, Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu and his family have built real businesses that have as raw material wood from the forests of Moldova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His wife, Maria Merz\u00e2ncu, is the founder and administrator of Dorin<\/em>, a company that manages a wood processing workshop in the village of Bujor. In 2013, through the program “Pare 1 + 1”, the company obtained 200 000 lei from the state for the development of the business, production of pellets. Some of the buildings in which the wood processing workshop in Bujor operates are registered in the name of Dorina Merz\u00e2ncu-Bu\u021b\u0103, Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu’s daughter; they were purchased when she was 20 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dorina, who wants to become a judge, owns almost five hectares of agricultural land. She also states that she owns, since 2019, a Nissan Qashqai<\/a>, manufactured in 2019, which costs about 25.900 euros. In the year in which she bought the car, together with her husband, Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103, she contracted a loan worth 15 000 euros, due in 2024. In the statemnet of wealth and interests for 2019<\/a>, the judiciary assistant declared no less than 53.200 euros, ie over one million lei, which she obtained following the marriage celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is not allowed to film inside. You may film outside\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On entering the Merz\u00e2ncu family, Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103 also started a wood business. In 2018, he founded the company Grand Strategic Trade, which now manages a wood processing workshop at the entrance to the village of Leu\u0219eni, very close to the route leading to the customs of the same name. The company produces and sells pallets, including through ad sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the moment, there are two standard sizes in stock: 80 per 1 meter 20 and one 1 meter per 1 meter 20. But we make all sizes. We make any size to order,<\/em>\u201d Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103 told us, in a telephone conversation after we called him at the phone number indicated in an ad. \u201cThe 80 per 1 meter 20 costs 85 lei within Chi\u0219in\u0103u, with delivery and VAT included. We are talking about palettes, not \u2018second hand<\/em>\u2019,\u201d he told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of March, dozens of thick tree trunks were stored on the territory of the wood processing unit in Leu\u0219eni village, and the sound of the saw could be heard from as far as the village. We entered the territory to ask the business administrator, Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103, where the raw material that feeds his business comes from and about any connection with his father-in-law’s business. However, when we entered, he led us to the gate, avoiding the discussion inside the woodworking unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Good afternoon. I\u2019m a journalist from ZdG\u2026 We are writing an article about wood, about forests, about logging. Are you Mr. Bu\u021b\u0103? Can you tell me where you got this wood from?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Pardon?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/em> This wood, where did you bring it from and have you got any documents? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Yes, please, go away\u2026. Of course we have all the documents.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Can you show them?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Sir, please. We\u2019ll talk later\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he saw that we were trying to film, he asked us to leave the territory, locked the gate and signaled to the employees to stop the pallet manufacturing process, closing the access to the building inside the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/em> Why did you close the gate like that? Is it prohibited to film here?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Well, you cannot film inside. You may film outside. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Why is it prohibeted? Why did you signal your employees to leave? Mr. Bu\u021b\u0103, have you got anything to hide?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– No, nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– So you told them to close the gate, and the men who worked here left\u2026 You have nothing to hide, have you? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Nothing. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cI am not that stupid to accept such stuff.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In about an hour, I returned to the place. This time, Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103 was at the gate and talking to Dorin Merz\u00e2ncu, his brother-in-law and Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu\u2019s son, employed as a foreman-forester at Bujor Forest District. Using uncensored words, he urged Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103, his brother-in-law, not to talk to us. He then got in the car and started driving towards the ZdG reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103 avoided telling us the name of the person he talked to on the territory of the wood processing unit, the one who tried to intimidate us, because \u201cit would not be nice of me. He is a person from the village<\/em>,\u201d said Bu\u021b\u0103, and avoided admitting that he was, in fact, his brother-in-law, a native of Bujor village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103 refused to be filmed and to show us the documents regarding the origin of the wood on the territory of the company he manages. However, he stated that he has all the documents in order, and the wood would have been bought legally. \u201cAbsolutely in accordance with the plan, I respect exactly. I violate no laws, absolutely nothing. I’m not an old man of 100 years who doesn’t know what a company should have and what it shouldn’t have<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

–<\/em> How can illegal things be done today, when there\u2019s everything in the internet. I\u2019m not that stupid to do such stuff.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– This wood here, can you show us that everything is marked and bought with an invoice?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Well\u2026 mmm. The accounting is not here on the spot. There are competent bodies. There is an invoice. The accounting is based on the invoice. I mean, there are procedures. I’m not an accountant to bring you now the invoice \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Show us that this wood is marked, that you brought it on the invoice on this date.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Why should I show it to you?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– We are journalists and we are writing an article.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– So I have to show it to a simple journalist?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Well, yes. Let\u2019s invite the Ecology Inspection, for example, let them come and verify. Do you want it?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– I don\u2019t know. Call whoever you want, only the person should be competent, someone who knows these things. Not a journalist. You may want to ask me who the people who work inside are.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the end, Andrian Bu\u021b\u0103 specified that he had worked in the USA, and that \u201cwhat you see here, I bought on my own money\u2026 Go and ask in the village who I am and people will tell you\u2026<\/em> \u201d Seeing that we were filming him, he took out his phone and photographed us. \u201cI took a picture of you as you filmed me. And that’s it,\u201d he argued his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cWhy are you filming? Do you want someone to hit you with a crowbar over the head one day?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dorin Merz\u00e2ncu, his brother-in-law, did not go too far. At the wheel of a Dacia Duster, he waited for us at the exit from Leu\u0219eni and followed us for a few kilometers, to the intersection leading to Bujor village, where the Merz\u00e2ncu family lives and where he manages another wood processing unit. He later followed us in the village, while we were filming the headquarters of the Forest District in the locality and the wood processing unit managed by his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we were trying to find Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, the head of the Bujor Forest District, his son stopped in front of the institution and threatened us: \u201cWhy are you filming? Do you want someone to hit you with a crowbar over the head one day?\u201d He went away, but continued to follow us until we got out of the town. There was no one at the headquarters of the Bujor Forest District, the door being locked. The institution is located a few dozens of meters from the home of the Merz\u00e2ncu family. We called Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu as we approached Bujor village, but he told us that he did not want to talk to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– We want to talk to you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Sorry, no.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cNowadays people get to forestry to make their fortunes and to steal the forests.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago, due to disagreements with the same Valeriu Merz\u00e2ncu, another forester from the Buhn\u0103 family was forced to give up forestry. Now, the man grieves over the fate of Moldovan forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was not absent from work, but they fired me claiming that I was absent for four consecutive hours, which is not true. If I brought them about 3,000 euros then, I would still be working today. But I’m not the one to pluck the forest and bring them money. After leaving the forest, I went to Italy to work to support my family. We picked apples and then we worked on hemp farms. This is what we did, instead of staying at home to work and play with our grandchildren, to be proud of something that we can leave behind. They make us steal and destroy our nature here<\/em>,\u201d tells us the former forester, Ion Buhn\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cCurrently, there are no people in the forest to care for it, to plant, to grow the forest. Nowadays people get to the forestry to make their fortunes and to steal it, to reduce the forest areas<\/em>,\u201d reproaches Ion Buhn\u0103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several former and current foresters filed a complaint with the law enforcement agencies, revealing the way in which wood was stolen from the forests located on the territory of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti district. The denunciation was signed and sent to state institutions aftera family of foresters publicly revealed the illegalities committed by the head of the Forest…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,339,3,14,10,5],"tags":[55,644,85,48,212],"autor":[26],"class_list":["post-7319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-moldova","category-environment","category-investigations","category-moldova-explained","category-news","category-society","tag-corruption","tag-forest","tag-investigation","tag-moldova","tag-zdginvestigation","autor-victor-mosneag"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nINVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice - Ziarul de Gard\u0103<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Several former and current foresters filed a complaint with the law enforcement agencies, revealing the way in which wood was stolen from the forests located on the territory of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti district. The denunciation was signed and sent to state institutions aftera family of foresters publicly revealed the illegalities committed by the head of the Forest...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cristina Carmanu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZiarulDe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZiarulDe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cristina Carmanu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"23 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cristina Carmanu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9\"},\"headline\":\"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\"},\"wordCount\":4708,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#Corruption\",\"#Forest\",\"#Investigation\",\"#Moldova\",\"#ZdGInvestigation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"About Moldova\",\"Environment\",\"Investigations\",\"Moldova Explained\",\"News\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\",\"name\":\"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1020},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"description\":\"The only investigative newspaper in the Republic of Moldova\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg\",\"width\":124,\"height\":71,\"caption\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZiarulDe\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9\",\"name\":\"Cristina Carmanu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cristina Carmanu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/author\/cristina\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","og_description":"Several former and current foresters filed a complaint with the law enforcement agencies, revealing the way in which wood was stolen from the forests located on the territory of H\u00e2nce\u0219ti district. The denunciation was signed and sent to state institutions aftera family of foresters publicly revealed the illegalities committed by the head of the Forest...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/","og_site_name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md","article_published_time":"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1020,"url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cristina Carmanu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZiarulDe","twitter_site":"@ZiarulDe","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cristina Carmanu","Est. reading time":"23 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/"},"author":{"name":"Cristina Carmanu","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9"},"headline":"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice","datePublished":"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/"},"wordCount":4708,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","keywords":["#Corruption","#Forest","#Investigation","#Moldova","#ZdGInvestigation"],"articleSection":["About Moldova","Environment","Investigations","Moldova Explained","News","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/","name":"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-14T09:58:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cover-hotii-de-paduri-2-cover-2-1920x1020-c-default.jpg","width":1920,"height":1020},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/investigation-the-forest-thefts-part-ii-the-fight-of-a-forestry-dynasty-with-the-system-and-relations-in-justice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"INVESTIGATION: The Forest Thefts Part II. The Fight of a Forestry Dynasty with the System and Relations in Justice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/","name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","description":"The only investigative newspaper in the Republic of Moldova","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization","name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg","width":124,"height":71,"caption":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md","https:\/\/x.com\/ZiarulDe"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9","name":"Cristina Carmanu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cristina Carmanu"},"url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/author\/cristina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"autor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autor?post=7319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}