The officers of the Security and Intelligence Service and of the National Anticorruption Center (CNA), under the lead of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, carried out today 9 searches in a criminal case on particularly large-scale money laundering, committed by an organized criminal group.
According to the investigated facts, five persons with residency in the northern region of the country, aiming to introduce into circulation financial means of a suspicious origin via interbank systems of fast transfers (Western Union, Zolotaya Korona, Inteliexpress , Moneygram, Ria Money Transfer, etc.), introduced illicit financial means on the territory of the Republic of Moldova in several tranches.
Thus, from August to December 2023, more than 90 individuals were identified and recruited. For financial remuneration, they offered their personal bank details to transfer and disguise the origin of the funds offered by the organized criminal group, making withdrawals documented by the prosecution in the amount of 197,861 euros and 19,822 dollars.
As a result of the criminal investigation, financial means and several information storage devices were seized.