A part of the money transmitted under the control of the National Anticorruption Center in money laundering cases involving an employee of the Tax Inspectorate and two so-called businessmen were found at a bank in Chisinau. The Center’s officers carried out inspections at the bank and found US$15,000 in a safe deposit box belonging to a woman who is close to one of those arrested. Of this sum, US$5,300 was from the first tranche passed on to one of the suspects under the control of anticorruption officers, IPN reports, quoting a communiqué from the Center.

The money was seized, while the woman was questioned. But she made use of her right and refused to make statements.

Currently, the officers of the National Anticorruption Center and the prosecutors are dealing with six criminal cases started over money laundering, active and passive corruption and traffic of influence. A number of tax inspectors are suspected of complicity in these cases. Effort is made to identify all the money used in the operation.

The employee of the State Main Tax Inspectorate and the two self-styled businessmen were arrested a week ago. They are accused of forcing economic entities to pay sums of millions of lei to them for ensuring protection on the part of the Inspectorate. During the arrest, the suspects were caught in the act of taking US$20,000.