Cases of major corruption to be investigated by Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office

11:36 | 31.03.2023 Category: Political

Chisinau, March 31 /MOLDPRES/- Parliament voted to delimit the powers of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (PA) and the National Anticorruption Center (CNA) to investigate high-level corruption cases. The draft law was voted in the first reading by 54 deputies.

The authors of the legislative initiative propose that the function of criminal investigation for high-level corruption be exercised by the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office. At the same time, the National Anticorruption Center will investigate cases of systemic corruption, and petty corruption will be investigated by the criminal investigation body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

More specifically, the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office will prosecute cases committed by the President of the country, deputies, members of the Government, judges, prosecutors, CNA employees, SIS management and intelligence and security officers.

The document will be proposed for examination in the second reading in the plenary session of the Parliament.

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