The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office provided details about the investigation into the case of laundering of about US$22 billion from Russia through the Moldovan banking system. This case involves judges, bailiffs and heads of the National Bank of Moldova as well as employees of a commercial bank, IPN reports.

The given case was divided into a number of criminal cases that featured 16 judges. The cases of 14 judges were already sent to court. A judge was put on the wanted list, while the cases of the others will be dropped, including one because of death.

The case also involves four bailiffs. The criminal cases against two of these were remitted to court for examination. One bailiff is wanted, while the investigation into the case of the fourth bailiff goes on.

The involved employees of the National Bank of Moldova include a vice governor and three subdivision heads. The criminal case over professional negligence against these was sent to court.

Nine employees of a commercial bank are investigated for facilitating money laundering. The investigation concerning these continues.

The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office said the investigation into this case is difficult owing to the involvement of private individuals and legal entities from Moldova and abroad. Results in this were obtained due to the contribution of the competent authorities of other states such as Latvia and Ukraine. The Russian competent authorities were also asked to provide information and a response is being expected.