The National Bank of Moldova on August 10 will announce an international tender contest to select a consortium of two companies – an investigation one and a legal one – that will continue the detailed financial investigation into the suspected irregularities and operations performed by Banca de Economii, Banca Sociala and Unibank, Prime Minister Valeriu Strelet announced after the field meeting of the Cabinet, IPN reports.

The Premier said that under the plan of action, the second part of the investigation is a more complex one, while the period for selecting the consortium of companies is 30 days. As regards the investigation term, it depends on the companies’ bid. The choice will be made in favor of the most convincing and professional bid.

“The subsequent phase, which includes the recovery of money that is part of the international company’s mission, can last for years in particular situations, but can also last less, depending on the complexity of the problem and how far the money was hidden,” said the Premier.

The first part of the investigation was performed by the company Kroll, which, in its report, says that a full forensic trace of the beneficiaries of funds is required, in order to identify the true extent of beneficiaries to transactions, and apply an appropriate legal strategy to recover funds fraudulently dissipated.