Press Releases
26-12-2020
Today, December 26, 2020, Mr. Alexandr ESAULENCO, Director of the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova, had a meeting with Ms. Maia SANDU, President of the Republic of Moldova. The meeting addressed issues related to the security situation in the country and the main risks and vulnerabilities to national security. The SIS Director informed the head of state about the priorities of the institution and activities aimed to strengthen the national security system, including concrete measures to prevent and combat corruption...
05-12-2020
UPDATE: The driver of the van with diplomatic plates, detained during a SIS-CUSTOMS operation, was indicted. The operation was carried out on Saturday at the Palanca customs post, when authorities found boxes of anabolic steroids, worth over 8 million lei. Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) took over the case and indicted the driver for attempted smuggling of anabolic steroids and psychotropic substances. Consequently, PCCOCS will submit a request for a 30-day arrest warrant. According to the law, the...
30-11-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service actively involves in the implementation of the standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and of the recommendations made by the experts of the MONEYVAL Committee in the Mutual Evaluation Report on the Republic of Moldova, issued on July 2019, in Strasbourg. In this context, on 28 October 2020, authorities approved the Government Decision no. 792 on approval of the Regulation for implementation procedure of targeted financial sanctions related to terrorism activities and proliferation of weapons...
27-11-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service denies and disapproves the statements launched in the public space by the representatives of the Congress of Local Authorities of the Republic of Moldova regarding the institution's involvement in actions aimed to prevent protests organized by them on November 27. We mention that, as an authority specialized in national security, the SIS constantly monitors events with potential to affect security and public order but it does not involve in depriving of the constitutional right to peaceful assembly,...
10-11-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service took part in the “Reviving the Philharmonic Hall, reviving together” campaign, contributing with a donation of 392 thousand lei. Intelligence officers hope that they will contribute with this civic gesture to accelerating the reconstruction process of one of the most important cultural and artistic institutions in the country, so this symbol of national values continues to promote well-known personalities of musical culture and to delight art lovers as soon as possible. The National Philharmonic Hall has a...
09-11-2020
Promotion of world peace and gender issues are top priorities on the international security agenda, but also of the Republic of Moldova. The Security and Intelligence Service, along with other state bodies, considers these issues as key ones for ensuring social security and maximizing the use of human potential. It should be noted that the SIS is close to putting into practice the principle of gender parity – women account for 45% of the staff. At the same time, the SIS is fully committed to the implementation of the national agenda in this...
04-11-2020
Today, November 4, at the Security and Intelligence Service took place the ceremony, where newly employed officers and students of the National Institute of Intelligence and Security “Bogdan, the Founder of Moldova” (NIIS) took the Oath of allegiance to Motherland. As an exception caused by restrictions of the pandemic crisis, the event took place without the families and relatives of the young officers, but only in the presence of SIS leadership, the command staff, and teaching staff. Alexandr ESAULENCO, the SIS Director, congratulated the...
13-10-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service seeks to introduce clarity in connection with the information appearing in the mass-media on draft amendment to Law on electronic communications No. 241/2007, in order to impose the obligation to sell prepaid SIM cards only when the customer provides an identity document. Thus, we inform you that SIS initiated a draft Law, as being an institution responsible for implementing point 2.4 of the Action Plan on the implementation of the National Cyber Security Program of the Republic of Moldova for 2016-2020,...
12-10-2020
Following the intelligence assessment provided by the Security and Intelligence Service and the Criminal Assets Recovery Agency , the Prosecutor's Office submitted conclusive evidence showing that Vladimir PLAHOTNIUC is the beneficial owner of assets estimated at over 160 million LEI. The mentioned properties are to be seized by the authorities from Romania, France and Switzerland. Namely, it concerns his villas from Switzerland, France and Romania, 5 cars and a boat (registered in Switzerland). Also, 9 apartments, registered in his wife's...
12-10-2020
The Antiterrorist Centre of the Security and Intelligence Service carried out a series of training sessions for the employees of the General Inspectorate of Carabineers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Participants were informed about the counter-terrorism issues, in particular about the tactics and methods used by radical entities, the procedures for identifying possible risk situations and suspect individuals, as well as the response measures when such cases are detected. The course run from 1 to 9 October 2020 and over 500 servicemen...
09-10-2020
According to preliminary data that law enforcement institutions have at this stage, two other persons are in illegal custody of the self-proclaimed Transnistrian region. The authorities of the Republic of Moldova continue efforts to elucidate the created situation and to help the release of the illegally detained citizens. With reference to the two released persons, we note that they did not appear before the constitutional bodies of the Republic of Moldova and would be at their places of residence on the left bank of the Nistru river – an...
08-10-2020
In the context of the public statements made by some Members of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, we note the following: The Security and Intelligence Service continues to document the abuses committed by the representatives of the so-called law enforcement institutions from the Tiraspol. We remind that SIS identified individuals involved in the kidnapping of Andrei AMARFI, an employee of the Florești Police Inspectorate. The obtained preliminary information was forwarded to the General Prosecutor's Office to support criminal...
07-10-2020
The Security and Intelligence Service notes the amplification of the provocative and destabilizing activities of the alleged law enforcement institutions from the left bank of the Nistru river. Within the activities carried out according to its competencies, the SIS identified and documented during 2020 multiple cases of illegal restraint and kidnapping of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. As in previous cases, the SIS undertakes operative measures to establish the circumstances of the kidnapping of Andrei AMARFI, an employee of the...
07-10-2020
The Antiterrorist Center of the SIS jointly with the Technical Supervision Agency carried out unannounced inspections of several authorised economic operators regarding the import and storage of explosive materials and the work with explosives for civil uses. Following the inspections carried out on the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova, a series of irregularities were identified and documented at three economic operators in terms of storage security and storage conditions of explosive materials. Thus, the SIS officers established...
28-09-2020
<p>Officers of the Security and Intelligence Service jointly with the employees of the Customs Service and the PCCOCS prosecutors dismantled a criminal group specialized in particularly large-scale smuggling of consumer goods.</p>...