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Searches in the "AIPA" file: CNA detained the head of the Balti Territorial Section and an administrator

The officers of the National Anti-corruption Center (CNA) and the anti-corruption prosecutors searched this morning the home and office of the head of the Balti Territorial Section of AIPA and the residence of the administrator of an agricultural business. According to CNA, following the searches, both suspects have been arrested.

The law enforcement officers said that, during the searches, they seized financial means worth 31,000 lei and documents proving the money transfers to legal entities, complicit in the crime.

On January 24, CNA officers carried out prosecution actions in several criminal cases regarding abuse of office, passive corruption, active corruption, influence peddling and money laundering. Several AIPA officials, as well as representatives of some economic agents, were detained, being accused of illegalities committed when granting agricultural subsidies.

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