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Head of the CNA Criminal Investigation Department, photographed driving a luxury car, claims to have been illegally tailed. A judge, previously targeted in a memo he issued, denounced him for illicit enrichment.
Eugeniu Rurac, a former anti-corruption prosecutor who previously worked for the Intelligence and Security Service and is now acting head of the General Prosecution Directorate at the National Anti-Corruption C…
19 September 2022
President Maia Sandu: “Corrupt people in the system are still the biggest obstacle to justice reform”
Justice reform is still the “key element” of the transformations that Moldova has to go through. The results of this reform will influence citizens’ trust in the state but also how quickly we…
19 September 2022
The Ministry of Justice and the US Embassy in Chisinau signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support justice reforms
The Ministry of Justice of Moldova and the Embassy of the United States of America in Chisinau have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support justice reforms. The support will focus on “implementing…
19 September 2022
Notorious star-lawyer Valerian Mînzat, sentenced to nine years in prison, was released early. Lipcani Prison appeals the decision
Sentenced to nine years in prison in 2015, star lawyer Valerian Mînzat was released early from Lipcani Prison No 2, where he was serving his sentence in a fraud case. According to the information presented on t…
19 September 2022
Promo-LEX: Torture victim in Transnistria risks being deprived of his liberty for reporting abuses by the regime on the left bank of the Dniester River
Nicolae Garmaș, a resident of the Transnistrian region, was sentenced on August 29 by the so-called Tiraspol city court for allegedly complaining about acts of torture committed against him repeatedly by repres…
19 September 2022
A second judge, a candidate for membership of the Superior Council of Magistracy, withdrew from the integrity assessment competition.
The Independent Integrity Assessment Commission for candidates for membership in the self-administration bodies of judges and prosecutors (Pre-Vetting Commission) announced on Friday, 16 August, the adoption of…
19 September 2022
Raids in a case where a lawyer allegedly bribed a prosecutor for a “favourable decision”
Prosecutors and officers searched the offices and homes of a prosecutor and a lawyer who are targeted in a corruption case. The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (PA) announced that on Friday, 16 Septem…
19 September 2022
Prosecutors and accused legal entities could enter into judicial plea agreements which could allow “faster recovery of the damage caused to the state” says MoJ
The initiative to introduce in the legislation the possibility of concluding a judicial plea agreement between the prosecutor and the accused legal person was discussed last week at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ…
12 September 2022
The Superior Council of the Magistracy has issued consent to search a judge’s home
The Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) issued on Friday, September 9, the consent to search the house of a magistrate of the Chisinau Court. A request to this effect was submitted by the acting Prosecutor Gen…
12 September 2022
Constitutional Court declares inadmissible the petition of Șor MPs Apostolova and Tauber on the law providing for an increase in the retirement age
The Constitutional Court (CC) has declared inadmissible the complaint filed by the deputies of the “ȘOR” political party Marina Tauber and Reghina Apostolova regarding the law on raising the retirem…
12 September 2022
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