Justice
The Portrait of a Head of National Penitentiary Administration That Receives Donations of Thousands of Euros (Part I)
Serghei Demcenco is the deputy director of the National Administration of Penitentiaries. He lives in a house in a residential sector in midtown Chișinău, surrounded by luxurious houses. Demcenco didn’t mention…
29 June 2020
Transparency International Issues its Opinion Regarding the Government’s Decision to Eliminate a Number of Privileges Enjoyed by the Officials of Moldova’s National Bank
Transparency International Moldova issued a statement supporting the Government’s draft decision to cancel the provision that allows Moldova’s National Bank to pay for the lawyers defending the bank’s employees…
29 June 2020
The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office Concluded the Investigation Regarding the Back Plastic Bag
After an undercover video from the meeting between President Igor Dodon and the country’s bigger oligarch, Vladimir Plahotniuc went viral, the former Minister of Internal Affairs, Andrei Năstase, filed a compla…
24 June 2020
A Former Employee at Moldova Railways Tells ZdG About Theft Scheme at the State-Owned Company
A former employee of the State Enterprise Moldova Railways claims that the fraudulent activity of suburban train ticket cashiers leads to large-scale embezzlement. According to him, over 103,000 euros…
22 June 2020
Controversial Businessman Veceslav Platon Was Released from Prison
On June 15, the controversial businessman Veaceslav Platon, former deputy of the Political Party Our Moldova Alliance (2009-2010), was released from Penitentiary no.13. The Chișinău Court, Ciocana headquarters…
22 June 2020
Promo-Lex Report Finds that the Russian Authorities Continue to Influence the Events in Breakaway Transnistria Region
The human rights situation in the breakaway Transnistrian region remains one of the great challenges of 2019. Furthermore, the breakaway Transnistrian region remains closed and practically inaccessible to insti…
22 June 2020
One Year After Vladimir Plahotniuc, the Country’s Tycoon Left Moldova. What Happened with the Cases Opened Against Him.
Vladimir Plahotniuc, also named Puppet Master, controlled Moldova through blackmailing and terror from 2016 to 2019. A year after Plahotniuc fled the country and went to the United States, none of the criminal…
15 June 2020
The Office of the Prosecutor General Announces that it Has Taken Decisions on Nine of the 38 Politically Motivated Cases. What Do the Experts Say?
Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo initiated the evaluation of 38 criminal cases, presumed instrumented for political reasons. After four months, the General Prosecutor’s Office issued a press release…
15 June 2020
ZdG’s Investigation into Deputy Bogdan Țîrdea’s Assets Sparks Mixed Reaction
A deputy from the Action and Solidarity Party requested the General Prosecutor’s Office and the National Integrity Authority to take notice of ZdG’s investigation into deputy Bogdan Țîrdea’s assets, and verify…
15 June 2020
The CVs of the Seven Candidates Who Aspire to Become a Judge at the Supreme Court of Justice
The Superior Council of Magistracy proposed Viorica Puica to the plenary of the Parliament to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Justice. She was the only one chosen from the six candidates after G…
15 June 2020
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