{"id":443408,"date":"2017-02-08T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443408"},"modified":"2017-02-08T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:01:31","slug":"russian-laundromat-case-sent-court-moldova-fourteen-judges-two-bailiffs-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/russian-laundromat-case-sent-court-moldova-fourteen-judges-two-bailiffs-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"“Russian Laundromat” case sent to court in Moldova, fourteen judges and two bailiffs involved"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

On February 8th, the Anti-corruption Prosecution Office announced about the ending of the penal investigation in the case of money laundering from Russia through the banking system of Moldova.<\/p>\n

Thus, fourteen current and former judges, as well as 2 bailiffs, are accused in the case for complicity in laundering big amounts of money and for issuing decisions contrary to the law deliberately.<\/p>\n

According to the Prosecution Office, the accused ones were part of a criminal scheme of laundering approximately 20 billion US dollars originated from the Russian Federation. Prosecutors now have enough proof for this case and even launched other\u00a0cases related to the so-called “Russian Laundromat”.<\/p>\n

The accused persons were arrested<\/a> in the autumn of 2016. They are currently under preventive arrest, house arrest or judiciary control. A judge and a bailiff are still under international arrest warrant. The investigation and further prosecution of a judge reportedly ended due to the fact of his decease.<\/p>\n

The accused persons might get up to 10 years of imprisonment, together with the ban to hold any public position for up to 5 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>On February 8th, the Anti-corruption Prosecution Office announced about the ending of the penal investigation in the case of money laundering from Russia through the banking system of Moldova. Thus, fourteen current and former judges, as well as 2 bailiffs, are accused in the case for complicity in laundering big amounts of money and for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":442040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

On February 8th, the Anti-corruption Prosecution Office announced about the ending of the penal investigation in the case of money laundering from Russia through the banking system of Moldova.<\/p>\n

Thus, fourteen current and former judges, as well as 2 bailiffs, are accused in the case for complicity in laundering big amounts of money and for issuing decisions contrary to the law deliberately.<\/p>\n

According to the Prosecution Office, the accused ones were part of a criminal scheme of laundering approximately 20 billion US dollars originated from the Russian Federation. Prosecutors now have enough proof for this case and even launched other\u00a0cases related to the so-called “Russian Laundromat”.<\/p>\n

The accused persons were arrested<\/a> in the autumn of 2016. They are currently under preventive arrest, house arrest or judiciary control. A judge and a bailiff are still under international arrest warrant. The investigation and further prosecution of a judge reportedly ended due to the fact of his decease.<\/p>\n

The accused persons might get up to 10 years of imprisonment, together with the ban to hold any public position for up to 5 years.<\/p>\n

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