{"id":447449,"date":"2019-06-26T21:06:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T21:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447449"},"modified":"2019-06-26T21:08:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T21:08:44","slug":"vlad-plahotniuc-riscks-life-inprisonment-amid-drug-trafficking-accusations-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/vlad-plahotniuc-riscks-life-inprisonment-amid-drug-trafficking-accusations-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Vlad Plahotniuc risks life inprisonment amid drug trafficking accusations from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Because of that, Plahotniuc risks life imprisonment. The same accusations have been brought against former DPM deputy Constantin \u0162u\u0163u &#8211; the investigation considers that he was an accomplice of Plahotniuc and gave the instructions of the drug cartel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/society\/26\/06\/2019\/5d1343559a794738d6fee74f?fbclid=IwAR3wPSZ_SFXK8gNbXtdtOtIMsvpiEi1fFsirkaGa82cwhh8b1y2g-VmYUPQ\">writes<\/a> RBK.ru.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Today, investigators of the Department of Investigations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, filed charges with the former President of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plahotniuc and his trusted person &#8211; a professional athlete Constantin \u0162u\u0163u &#8211; for committing an offense under Article 210 (1) and (2) of the Criminal Code the organization of a criminal community),&#8221; said the Russian Interior Ministry&#8217;s official source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 915px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/inaintea-marelui-meci-septembrie-2014-701x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"542\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caption: Vlad Plahotniuc and athlete Constantin Tutu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plahotniuc is also accused of 28 cases of smuggling and illegal sale of narcotic drugs in particularly large proportions.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the investigation, it was found that the former President of the Democratic Party of Moldova, Vlad Plahotniuc, <strong>&#8220;having the capacity to influence the political situation and the authorities in Chisinau, through criminal methods of influencing persons, aiming at personal enrichment, entered into a criminal conspiracy with the leaders of the criminal group in Moldova&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to available information, as of 2012, Plahotniuc has become one of the leaders of transnational drug transport.<\/p>\n<p>The investigators also managed to gather evidence of a personal meeting of Vlad Plahotniuc with the criminal leaders Oleg Pruteanu, Alexandr Stegherescu alias Shasha-Sportivul and the Spanish citizen Manuel Silvio de la Paz, alias &#8220;Lolo&#8221;, in which <strong>&#8220;during the negotiations of which they discussed the amount of hashish delivered, the cost of purchasing, transit, storage, sale price, and the size of their income.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interaction with the organizer of the criminal community, Oleg Pruteanu, as well as direct control over this area of \u200b\u200bcriminal activity, directed by Vladimir Plahotniuc, were exercised by the professional Moldavian sportsman, former deputy in the Parliament, Constantin \u0162u\u0163u, writes the quoted source.<\/p>\n<h2>This is not the first charge against Plahotniuc in Russia.<\/h2>\n<p>In February, the Russian Interior Ministry accused Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc and businessman Veaceslav Platon of organizing an international criminal group and illegal withdrawal of money from the Russian Federation. But there is more on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rise.md\/english\/laundromat-how-veaceslav-platons-high-life-in-kyiv-came-crashing-down\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"about:blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-447295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>No, this isn&#8217;t an article about politics. Recently, Russia&#8217;s Ministry of Internal Affairs has accused Vlad Plahotniuc, oligarch and former Democratic Party leader, of leading an international drug cartel. According to the Russian investigators, he was involved in providing Moroccan hashish, through Spain, all the way to Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":447451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[391,209,27,274,112,392,212,32],"class_list":["post-447449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-justice","tag-drug-trafficking","tag-laundromat","tag-moldova","tag-oligarchy","tag-plahotniuc","tag-platon","tag-prison","tag-russia"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Because of that, Plahotniuc risks life imprisonment. The same accusations have been brought against former DPM deputy Constantin \u0162u\u0163u &#8211; the investigation considers that he was an accomplice of Plahotniuc and gave the instructions of the drug cartel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/society\/26\/06\/2019\/5d1343559a794738d6fee74f?fbclid=IwAR3wPSZ_SFXK8gNbXtdtOtIMsvpiEi1fFsirkaGa82cwhh8b1y2g-VmYUPQ\">writes<\/a> RBK.ru.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Today, investigators of the Department of Investigations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, filed charges with the former President of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plahotniuc and his trusted person &#8211; a professional athlete Constantin \u0162u\u0163u &#8211; for committing an offense under Article 210 (1) and (2) of the Criminal Code the organization of a criminal community),&#8221; said the Russian Interior Ministry&#8217;s official source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 915px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/inaintea-marelui-meci-septembrie-2014-701x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"542\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caption: Vlad Plahotniuc and athlete Constantin Tutu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plahotniuc is also accused of 28 cases of smuggling and illegal sale of narcotic drugs in particularly large proportions.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of the investigation, it was found that the former President of the Democratic Party of Moldova, Vlad Plahotniuc, <strong>&#8220;having the capacity to influence the political situation and the authorities in Chisinau, through criminal methods of influencing persons, aiming at personal enrichment, entered into a criminal conspiracy with the leaders of the criminal group in Moldova&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to available information, as of 2012, Plahotniuc has become one of the leaders of transnational drug transport.<\/p>\n<p>The investigators also managed to gather evidence of a personal meeting of Vlad Plahotniuc with the criminal leaders Oleg Pruteanu, Alexandr Stegherescu alias Shasha-Sportivul and the Spanish citizen Manuel Silvio de la Paz, alias &#8220;Lolo&#8221;, in which <strong>&#8220;during the negotiations of which they discussed the amount of hashish delivered, the cost of purchasing, transit, storage, sale price, and the size of their income.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interaction with the organizer of the criminal community, Oleg Pruteanu, as well as direct control over this area of \u200b\u200bcriminal activity, directed by Vladimir Plahotniuc, were exercised by the professional Moldavian sportsman, former deputy in the Parliament, Constantin \u0162u\u0163u, writes the quoted source.<\/p>\n<h2>This is not the first charge against Plahotniuc in Russia.<\/h2>\n<p>In February, the Russian Interior Ministry accused Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc and businessman Veaceslav Platon of organizing an international criminal group and illegal withdrawal of money from the Russian Federation. But there is more on that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rise.md\/english\/laundromat-how-veaceslav-platons-high-life-in-kyiv-came-crashing-down\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"about:blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-447295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/plahaton-1-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' 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