Moldova Asks U.S. and UK about Location of Plahotniuc

The Moldovan authorities sent inquiries to the investigative authorities of the United States, Britain and several other countries in order to establish whereabouts of Vladimir Plahotniuc and his associates, who are involved in criminal cases in the country, announced the Moldovan president Igor Dodon in an interview with the Russia-24 TV channel, aired on Monday, reports tass.ru “Surely we made requests to the investigating authorities to the United States, England, and other states we have diplomatic relations with,” he said, answering the question about the whereabouts of Plahotniuc and other participants in corruption scandals. Dodon also stressed that the property of these people in Moldova was seized. He pointed out that, according to the information available to him, the persons involved in these cases have not yet received political asylum in any state. In addition, as the head of Moldova noted, the country has intensified work on the investigation of corruption cases. “Over the past few weeks, five MPs who were involved in various schemes have lifted immunity. I don’t want to interfere in the work of the prosecutor general’s office and the investigating authorities, but very serious work is going on there,” the President of the republic said. In June, a new majority of the parties was formed in the Moldovan parliament, which united against the oligarch who controlled the power in the country and the ex-leader of the Democratic Party, Vladimir Plahotniuc. After that, the oligarch and people close to him fled the country. The new authorities launched a large-scale anti-corruption campaign during which a number of MPs, as well as police, judges and other public servants were deprived of their parliamentary immunity. Point