Six people were detained in a case of illegal financing of a political party, money laundering and falsification of financial reports. Law enforcement officers on Tuesday raided the head office of the party’s local organization in Comrat and the homes of a number of activists, IPN reports.

The National Anticorruption Center said that the criminal case investigates the illegal acts of the suspects, manifested by mobilizing people to participate in organized protests. It also goes to the payment of salaries for the party’s activists and passenger carriers, as well as the payment of additional money through MIR bank cards, issued by banking entities of the Russian Federation.

“Today, following the 17 searches carried out at six persons featured in the case and at the head office of the Comrat local organization of a political party, sums of money in lei and foreign currency, information carriers and dozens of bank cards were seized,,” said the Center.

The criminal  investigation actions are managed by the Prosecutor’s Office of Cahul municipality.