DOC// Following CIJM investigations: Former MP Ghenadi Mitriuc loses a legal battle with the National Integrity Authority
...portal exposed how, during the 2016 presidential campaign, Mitriuc transferred over 70,000 lei to the electoral account of PSRM candidate Igor Dodon. CIJM journalists also reported that he owned eight plots of land in Ungheni city, all acquired during his two terms as a city councilor, as well as six re...
DOC// Vitiuc’s hidden millions: Court confirms ANI verdict
...ng the bribery of MPs to leave their parliamentary factions and establish the "For Moldova" platform, initiated by Democratic leader Vlad Plahotniuc. CIJM reporters exposed how elected officials managed to accumulate significant wealth by switching from one party to another. In January 2022, ANI ...
DOC// Following CIJM investigations. Former Deputy Prosecutor General Ruslan Popov does not give up
...tion was obstructed following Stoianoglo's suspension. In November 2023, Ruslan Popov lost a lawsuit against the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIJM). Popov sued CIJM after journalists from the Anticoruptie.md portal exposed his business in Mileștii Mici, which he managed but was registered under ...
DOC// Control of the Airport slips through Ilan Shor's fingers. Another lawsuit lost by Avia Invest in court
...mpany has contested dozens of decisions made by the authorities—but has not won any case so far. The team at the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIJM) has conducted numerous investigations in recent years on the concession of Chișinău Airport, uncovering schemes, vested interests, and fraudulent pr...
CIJM launches the Excellence in Investigative Journalism Awards
The Center for Investigative Journalism launches the Excellence in Investigative Journalism Awards, aiming to take investigative journalism to a new level by promoting excellence, engagement, courage, and a free spirit in the profession. The awards f...
Chișinău, June 3–4, 2025// Regional Forum of Investigative Journalists
The Center for Investigative Journalism from Moldova (CIJM) is organizing the second edition of the Forum of Investigative Journalists, a platform for professionals from the country and abroad. Together, we aim to take investigative journalism to a new level by promoting excellence, engagement, and free...
End of honorary consul career. Former Civil Aviation director Valentin Vizant loses lawsuit against foreign ministry
The former head of the State Civil Aviation Administration and godfather of ex-Democratic Party leader Sergiu Sârbu, Valentin Vizant, has lost his first-instance lawsuit against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ruling, delivered on April 30, may ...
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 t...
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 th...
DOC // The anabolics сase сollapsed. Former ambassador Neguța сleared by law
...uggling schemes were detailed in the investigation The Anabolics Mafia: The Clandestine Journey of Moldovan Steroids to Foreign Athletes conducted by CIJM reporters in 2016. Five years after the scandal broke out, the judges ruled that "the act does not meet the elements of a crime." Sursa: ...
DOC// Eating the evidence – a national sport in politics. fugitive nesterovschi’s sister tried to swallow a flash drive
...on family. Merineanu, on the other hand, claimed that he had invested money earned in Russia into a business in his home village. Sursa foto: CIJM
Training// Information verification tools for quality investigative journalism
Rules and tools for verifying information, ensuring accuracyin investigative journalism, and avoiding legal risks, as well as methods for accessing information from various databases, were the main topics of a training session held on Friday, March 2...
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