{"id":447551,"date":"2019-10-11T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447551"},"modified":"2019-10-13T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T11:18:24","slug":"a-warrant-of-preventive-arrest-was-issued-for-vladimir-plahotniuc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/a-warrant-of-preventive-arrest-was-issued-for-vladimir-plahotniuc\/","title":{"rendered":"A warrant of preventive arrest was issued for Vladimir Plahotniuc"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The magistrates of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court issued a 30-day preventive arrest warrant for the former leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM) \u2013 Vladimir Plahotniuc. According to the court decision, the term of 30 days of preventive arrest will be calculated from the moment of his arrest.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Plahotniuc is investigated in two criminal cases for money laundering in very large amounts. He was invited to hearings at the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office earlier this week but did not attend them. The lawyers of the former president of the DPM asked for postponing the hearings for about three weeks.<\/p>\n

The head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, Viorel Morari, explained in a press conference<\/a> that the prosecutors had to take this measure as Plahotniuc did not respond to the summons to appear at the criminal prosecution body.<\/p>\n

According to Viorel Morari, two criminal cases were initiated. In the first case, Plahotniuc is accused that, in the period of 2013-2015, he organised a money laundering scheme through companies he controlled. “Money from three devalued banks \u2013 Banca Sociala, Banca de Economii and Unibank were transferred to offshore companies. A total of 18 million dollars and 3.5 million euros were withdrawn this way,\u201d declared Morari.<\/p>\n

The second criminal case refers to the payments made to the Plahotniuc\u2019s companies, declared as loans, in a total value of 7.5 million dollars and the transfers made to the account of Plahotniuc\u2019s wife of 1.5 million euro and 1.1 million dollars between 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n

The head of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office added that the information received from the Swiss authorities also served as the basis for starting the criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Viorel Morari gave assurances that no political or social intervention in the investigation will be admitted.<\/p>\n

The former DPM leader fled the country in June 2019, shortly after the regime changed in Chi\u0219in\u0103u. At the moment, there is no exact information regarding his location.<\/p>\n

Photo: Facebook\/Vlad Plahotniuc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The magistrates of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court issued a 30-day preventive arrest warrant for the former leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM) \u2013 Vladimir Plahotniuc. According to the court decision, the term of 30 days of preventive arrest will be calculated from the moment of his arrest. Vladimir Plahotniuc is investigated in two criminal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35,27,112],"class_list":["post-447551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-plahotniuc"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The magistrates of the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court issued a 30-day preventive arrest warrant for the former leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM) \u2013 Vladimir Plahotniuc. According to the court decision, the term of 30 days of preventive arrest will be calculated from the moment of his arrest.<\/p>\n

Vladimir Plahotniuc is investigated in two criminal cases for money laundering in very large amounts. He was invited to hearings at the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office earlier this week but did not attend them. The lawyers of the former president of the DPM asked for postponing the hearings for about three weeks.<\/p>\n

The head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, Viorel Morari, explained in a press conference<\/a> that the prosecutors had to take this measure as Plahotniuc did not respond to the summons to appear at the criminal prosecution body.<\/p>\n

According to Viorel Morari, two criminal cases were initiated. In the first case, Plahotniuc is accused that, in the period of 2013-2015, he organised a money laundering scheme through companies he controlled. “Money from three devalued banks \u2013 Banca Sociala, Banca de Economii and Unibank were transferred to offshore companies. A total of 18 million dollars and 3.5 million euros were withdrawn this way,\u201d declared Morari.<\/p>\n

The second criminal case refers to the payments made to the Plahotniuc\u2019s companies, declared as loans, in a total value of 7.5 million dollars and the transfers made to the account of Plahotniuc\u2019s wife of 1.5 million euro and 1.1 million dollars between 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n

The head of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office added that the information received from the Swiss authorities also served as the basis for starting the criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Viorel Morari gave assurances that no political or social intervention in the investigation will be admitted.<\/p>\n

The former DPM leader fled the country in June 2019, shortly after the regime changed in Chi\u0219in\u0103u. At the moment, there is no exact information regarding his location.<\/p>\n

Photo: Facebook\/Vlad Plahotniuc<\/p>\n

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