Businessmen Victor Țopa and Viorel Țopa filed three appeals at the Supreme Court of Justice for the annulment of their sentences to 10 and 15 years, respectively. According to one of the lawyers, the appeal for…
The investigation of the Billion Case has revealed ties between a company benefiting from illegally obtained loans and the family of Parliamentary President Zinaida Greceanîi. The company in question, Alsvit-Vi…
Anti-corruption prosecutors and the Crime Assets Recovery Agency froze around €15.6 million (301.6 million lei) from the statutory capital of Air Moldova, a state enterprise dubiously privatized in the autumn o…
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: our feature story breaks down six high profile criminal cases initiated during the first 100 day of the new coalition government.
During the first 100 days of the new government, Moldova has had three Prosecutor Generals: Eduard Harunjen (until July 11), Igor Popa (interim, July 11-30) and Dumitru Robu (interim, July 31 – to the present d…
Three years have passed since the detainment of the 16 judges accused of willful issuance of judgments contrary to the law in the infamous Laundromat Case – which saw $20 billion laundered through Moldova’s cou…
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: Our feature brings you the highlights of a new international report on the state of anti money laundering efforts in Moldova. This…
After the expulsion of the seven employees of the private Orizont high school network, no Moldovan authority can say who is guilty of violating the rights of Turkish citizens or who should take responsibility f…
From 2013 to 2015, ten centralized irrigation systems located on the banks of the Nistru and Prut rivers were renewed with money donated by the U.S. Government. The villages of Coșnița and Pârâta benefited from…
A committee of experts from the Council of Europe has published a report assessing Moldova’s score on 40 recommendations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – a key international anti-money laundering o…