Press Releases
15-02-2022
Today, February 15, Alexandr Esaulenco, the SIS Director, together with other officials, honored the fallen of the Afghanistan War in a commemoration ceremony. The event took place at the memorial complex "Feciorilor Patriei – Sfântă Amintire", in the presence of war veterans, their family members, officials and servicemen from the command staff. The participants laid wreaths and held a moment of silence in memory of the more than 300 countrymen fallen in the Afghanistan military operations. At the same time, in the context of marking the 33rd...
31-01-2022
The criminal case on smuggling of 179 boxes of “Ashima” cigarettes in Cahul, involving Border Police employees, was initiated with the documentation process carried out by the Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Internal Protection and Anti-Corruption Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS). Throughout the investigation, the General Inspectorate of the Border Police was open for cooperation. According to the conclusions of experts, the batch...
17-01-2022
The vaccination rate among intelligence officers and eligible persons assisted by the SIS Medical Department is constantly increasing. The intelligence officers think that vaccination is the only safe and effective solution for keeping the national epidemiological situation under control. Moreover, booster shots will increase the level of protection against new variants and severe forms of this disease. The vaccination campaign against COVID-19 remains a priority for the Security and Intelligence Service. Therefore, it continues to promote the...
14-12-2021
The Security and Intelligence Service as the competent body responsible for developing and promoting state policy and exercising control over all types of electronic signatures, together with the Information Technology and Cyber Security Service (STISC), announces that the validity period of the public key certificate for users of the electronic signature extends from two to five years. Today, at a press conference, the authorities emphasized the reasoning and benefits of the action, as well as the importance of the legislative amendments. In...
10-12-2021
"First aid in various crisis situations" – a new training course for special task forces from law enforcement bodies. The event took place on December 9 and was organized by the SIS Anti-Terrorism Center in cooperation with the Shooting Academy of the Republic of Moldova “Sniping Club”. National and international experts and instructors demonstrated and, together with the participants, put into practice the knowledge and experience acquired over time. Instructors presented high-quality and updated information from the paramedical field,...
26-11-2021
Between November 15-26, the SIS Anti-Terrorism Center organized a training course for the dispatchers of the Single National Service for Emergency Calls 112 (SNUPAU). It aims to facilitate and improve the activity of the SNUPAU 112 employees and to develop constructive behaviour patterns. For two weeks, officers covered the following topics: identification of potential security risks, mechanisms for alerting emergency services and institutions responsible for terrorism data collection and processing, as well as development of optimal response...
24-11-2021
Following several requests from media representatives, the Security and Intelligence Service comes with the following details: On January 28, 2020, the institution sent the intelligence briefing No. 5/171 concerning Dorel Musteață and Nina Cernat to the General Prosecutor's Office. Taking into account the request from October of the Parliamentary Legal Commission for immunities and appointments, as well as the lack of investigations carried out by the General Prosecutor's Office regarding the information provided in January 2020, the SIS...
22-11-2021
Six men were detained in a SIS-Customs-PCCOCS operation, as a result of 20 searches for several illicit activities, including smuggling with 600,000 cigarettes and 4,000 liters of alcohol, which they intended to sell in Romania. The activity of the members of the criminal group was documented for 3 months by the SIS and Customs officers, in coordination with the PCCOCS prosecutors, starting from September 2021. According to the case materials, the six persons transported the cigarettes to special locations, avoiding border crossings where the...
10-11-2021
The Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases dismantled a criminal group specialized in illicit trafficking in consumer goods from Ukraine, via Transnistria, with the involvement of employees of national law enforcement bodies. During special investigation measures carried out on November 9, two minibuses were detained in flagrante delicto, while carrying smuggled goods worth over 1,5 million lei. At the same time, with the support of the Internal Protection and Anti...
08-11-2021
In accordance with the Decision no.1 of 22.10.2021 of the Commission for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Moldova, the Security and Intelligence Service identified the website geopolitika.ro that promoted fake news. One of the published articles promoted false information about the reasons of the energetic crisis of the Republic of Moldova in the natural gas sector: “New authority from Chișinău decided to risk that Moldovans freeze over winter only to argue with Russia”/ “Big minds of the USA together with other from Ukraine found the...
08-11-2021
The analysis of the information space since the establishment of the state of emergency indicates a continuous and growing process of spreading fake news and manipulative comments/ statements on the natural gas topic, which in turn generate the following risks to national security: 1. panic in the society; 2. interethnic hatred; 3. compromises national efforts to remedy the situation in the energy sector. Examples of recent fake news: - mass disconnections from electricity networks of household consumers from the Republic of Moldova; -...
04-11-2021
In accordance with the Decision no.1 of 22.10.2021 of the Commission for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Moldova, the Security and Intelligence Service requests to block the websites politnavigator.net , politnavigator.news and aparatorul.md that deliberately published fake news. Some of the fake news spread by the mentioned online portals: Electricity disconnection of entire districts. Stopping the supply of electricity by the Cuciurgan Power Plant. The temporary disconnection of the Eternal Fire at the "Eternitate" Memorial Complex...
03-11-2021
Officers of the Security and Intelligence Service documented the activity of two persons who, illegally, traded online special technical devices for clandestine collection of information. Therefore, the Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Botanica Sector Prosecutor's Office and Botanica Police Inspectorate of the General Police Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, conducted a series of searches at the homes of the persons named in the case. Consequently, officers seized 40 devices and accessories for clandestine...
02-11-2021
Six more persons were detained in the case on smuggling 179 boxes of "Ashima" cigarettes in Cahul, including Border Police employees. The Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) carried out searches in relation to the case of smuggling scheme with 179 boxes of “Ashima” cigarettes, uncovered in July this year. The searches were conducted at the homes of the persons named in the case, in Cahul and Chișinau. Following the documentation process, the SIS jointly...
29-10-2021
The Security and Intelligence Service (SIS) jointly with the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) documented a new episode in the case filed against former employees of the Department no. 5 of the General Inspectorate of Police (GPI) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, involving high-ranking employees of law enforcement bodies of the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (RMN). Therefore, former MIA officials with special status allegedly committed a series of illegal actions regarding an ex-...