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DOC// Following CIJM’s investigations: A company loses lease rights to over 18 hectares in Giurgiulești

Fifteen years after illegally building a quay on land leased from Moldsilva, the company Vas International Plus has been ordered by the court to vacate the 18 hectares of land near the Giurgiulești Port. The Chișinău Court, Rîșcani branch, ruled to terminate the lease contract for the forest fund [...] 6

DOC// Valeriu Ostalep loses claim for 66,000 lei demanded from the Center for Investigative Journalism from Moldova

Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Valeriu Ostalep — the protagonist of the investigation The Pro-Kremlin Arms Dealer. Kremlin propagandist Valeriu Ostalep supplies weapons to Moldova’s security institutions — has lost, in the first instance, a lawsuit against the Center for Investigative Journalism of Moldova. He had [...] 6

DOC// "Old Sins" for which Marina Tauber is paying. Another fine for the 2023 protests

The organization of protests in 2023 is literally costing Marina Tauber. The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the first instance in one of the contravention episodes involving the deputy, who is accused of falsifying the financial reports of the now-unconstitutional Shor Party and of accepting money from [...] 6

DOC// Case of unjustified millions: Shor opposes Chișinău judges hearing his wealth confiscation case

The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) has rejected the request submitted by lawyer Vadim Banaru, on behalf of Ilan Shor, to transfer the case regarding his unjustified assets from the Chișinău Court of Appeal (Centru) to another court of the same level. Thus, the case will continue to be [...] 6

DOC // The anabolics сase сollapsed. Former ambassador Neguța сleared by law

Former Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Russia, Andrei Neguța, has been acquitted in the case where he was accused of smuggling anabolic steroids. The decision was made by the magistrates of the Căușeni Court, but both Neguța’s case and the court ruling are missing from the judicial [...] 6

DOC// Court of Appeal doubles compensation for former judge Ștefan Niță

The Chișinău Court of Appeal has doubled the amount of moral damages awarded to former judge Ștefan Niță. The ex-magistrate is now set to receive 800,000 lei, up from the 400,000 lei awarded by the trial court. Although Niță was convicted in the “Laundromat” case for knowingly issuing a [...] 6

DOC// Eating the evidence – a national sport in politics. fugitive nesterovschi’s sister tried to swallow a flash drive

After the court ruling in the case of Alexandr Nesterovschi — who is reportedly hiding in the Transnistrian region to avoid serving his sentence — new details from the case file have come to light. During the trial, the MP affiliated with Ilan Șor refused to answer at least [...] 6

DOC// East Gas Energy Trading, linked to Vlad Plahotniuc, fails to get off SIS ‘blacklist’

East Gas Energy Trading, a company associated with Vlad Plahotniuc, has failed to get removed from the sanctions list. The Chișinău Court, Rîșcani office, rejected its legal action against the Intelligence and Security Service (SIS). The ruling was delivered on April 3. “The administrative lawsuit filed by East Gas Energy [...] 6

DOC // Full stop in the saga of Ilan Shor’s Moldovan identity documents

The Supreme Court of Justice has declared inadmissible the appeal filed by lawyers Cristian Bizian and Isae Cureș on behalf of Ilan Shor in the dispute concerning the oligarch’s Moldovan identity documents. The irrevocable decision was issued on April 2. In October 2023, the Chișinău Court of Appeal rejected the [...] 6

DOC// Decisive day for the career of notary Olga Bondarciuc, affiliated with the Plahotniuc/Platon/Shor trio

Thursday, April 3, is set for the ruling in the lawsuit filed by notary Olga Bondarciuc against the Ministry of Justice, following the revocation of her license three years ago. The disciplinary sanction is linked to another case that has been pending in the first instance court since 2022. [...] 6

DOC// The war between Stoianoglo and Rudei in the regrouping phase. Latest court decisions

The Court of Appeal Centru has returned the appeal filed by the Ministry of Justice against the decision of the Chișinău Court, Centru office, dated July 22, 2024, in the case of moral and material damage compensation initiated by former prosecutor Lilian Rudei. Now a lawyer, the ex-prosecutor won [...] 6