Eighteen searches are being carried out at the Chisinau City Hall within 35 criminal cases concerning passive and active corruption in the morning of February 22. These cases involve employees of the City Hall, representatives of other local public authorities, customs officers and representatives of economic entities.

Angela Cibotaru-Starinski, press officer of the National Anticorruption Center, has told IPN that the cases are being investigated by officers of the Center and prosecutors, who have evidence of bribe giving and taking for hastening actions to accept constructions as suitable.