Foreign Affairs Ministry employee arrested

Officers of the Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime arrested the head of the Bilateral Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Veaceslav Cebotari Veaceslav Cebotari is suspected of abuse of power, the Ministry's secretary general Mihai Capatana told a news conference on Monday, Info-Prim Neo reports. “The Ministry will make no comments on this case until the investigation is over. The Ministry cooperates with the Center in objectively carrying out the inquiry,” Mihai Capatana said. “The Foreign Affairs Ministry's administration wants the situation be fully clarified as it considers that it is very important to fight any manifestation of misuse of power. This is all we can say for now.” Veaceslav Cebotari was arrested on April 15.