{"id":448855,"date":"2020-10-12T18:08:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448855"},"modified":"2020-10-12T18:13:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T18:13:48","slug":"the-office-of-the-prosecutor-general-requested-the-seizure-of-vladimir-plahotniucs-property-from-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-office-of-the-prosecutor-general-requested-the-seizure-of-vladimir-plahotniucs-property-from-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Office of the Prosecutor General requested the seizure of Vladimir Plahotniuc’s property from abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The real estate and other properties belonging to Vladimir Plahotniuc located in Romania, France and Switzerland, which are estimated at over 160 million lei<\/span><\/strong>, are about to be seized by the authorities of the respective countries, as the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) of the Republic of Moldova<\/strong> announced<\/a> today. “Following the information presented by the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) and by the Asset Recovery Agency, the Prosecutor’s Office obtained conclusive evidence showing that Vladimir Plahotniuc is the actual beneficiary of assets estimated at over 160 million lei,”<\/em> the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS)<\/strong>\u00a0added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plahotniuc’s villas from Switzerland, France and Romania, 5 cars and a boat registered in Switzerland, 9 apartments that are officially the propriety of his wife, as well as 4 cars registered in the Republic of Moldova are to be seized. “The beneficial owner of the properties is the accused, even though they are all registered in the name of third parties,”<\/em> is also mentioned in the institution note.<\/p>\n

According to the findings, the assets resulted from the money that was illegally withdrawn from the banking system of Moldova. Therefore, “in order to ensure the recovery of the caused damage, prosecutors insisted on seizing his properties in the country and abroad,”<\/em> the OPG also announced.<\/p>\n

At the end of May, the Chisinau Court ordered the seizure of 10 buildings belonging to Vladimir Plahotniuc – namely 6 apartments and 4 non-residential rooms located in the Republic of Moldova that were estimated at about 33 million lei<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“All the properties of Vladimir Plahotniuc that are on the territory of the Republic of Moldova have already been seized.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The authorities from the Republic of Moldova claimed that the translated set of documents have been sent to the authorities in France, Switzerland and Romania to be executed.<\/p>\n

In Plahotniuc\u2019s case, an arrest warrant was issued on May 22, 2020, the former Moldovan politician being accused of scam, money laundering, as well as organising and leading criminal organisations, for which the law provides up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n

See also: The last time Igor Dodon met Vladimir Plahotniuc or the ghosts of the past that show up before elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The real estate and other properties belonging to Vladimir Plahotniuc located in Romania, France and Switzerland, which are estimated at over 160 million lei, are about to be seized by the authorities of the respective countries, as the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) of the Republic of Moldova announced today. “Following the information presented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":448856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[28,435,35,472,27,889,888,153],"class_list":["post-448855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-justice","category-politics","tag-abroad","tag-bank-fraud","tag-important","tag-judiciary","tag-moldova","tag-properties","tag-seizure","tag-vladimir-plahotniuc"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The real estate and other properties belonging to Vladimir Plahotniuc located in Romania, France and Switzerland, which are estimated at over 160 million lei<\/span><\/strong>, are about to be seized by the authorities of the respective countries, as the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) of the Republic of Moldova<\/strong> announced<\/a> today. “Following the information presented by the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) and by the Asset Recovery Agency, the Prosecutor’s Office obtained conclusive evidence showing that Vladimir Plahotniuc is the actual beneficiary of assets estimated at over 160 million lei,”<\/em> the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS)<\/strong>\u00a0added<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plahotniuc’s villas from Switzerland, France and Romania, 5 cars and a boat registered in Switzerland, 9 apartments that are officially the propriety of his wife, as well as 4 cars registered in the Republic of Moldova are to be seized. “The beneficial owner of the properties is the accused, even though they are all registered in the name of third parties,”<\/em> is also mentioned in the institution note.<\/p>\n

According to the findings, the assets resulted from the money that was illegally withdrawn from the banking system of Moldova. Therefore, “in order to ensure the recovery of the caused damage, prosecutors insisted on seizing his properties in the country and abroad,”<\/em> the OPG also announced.<\/p>\n

At the end of May, the Chisinau Court ordered the seizure of 10 buildings belonging to Vladimir Plahotniuc – namely 6 apartments and 4 non-residential rooms located in the Republic of Moldova that were estimated at about 33 million lei<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“All the properties of Vladimir Plahotniuc that are on the territory of the Republic of Moldova have already been seized.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The authorities from the Republic of Moldova claimed that the translated set of documents have been sent to the authorities in France, Switzerland and Romania to be executed.<\/p>\n

In Plahotniuc\u2019s case, an arrest warrant was issued on May 22, 2020, the former Moldovan politician being accused of scam, money laundering, as well as organising and leading criminal organisations, for which the law provides up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n

See also: The last time Igor Dodon met Vladimir Plahotniuc or the ghosts of the past that show up before elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo: NewsIN<\/p>\n

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