The Criminal Assets Recovery Agency of the National Anticorruption Center (NAC) collected €5,000 and US$29,950 from a safe deposit box belonging to the family of one of the customs officers who were arrested on charges of corruption a week ago, IPN reports, quoting a press release issued by the Center.

According to this, the search was authorized for verifying the information that the accused possessed ill-gotten gains that can be subject to special or extended confiscation. The money is being examined. Its origin is yet to be determined.

Three customs officers and a broker were arrested on suspicion that they asked for bribe from business entities for diminishing the customs value of goods take into the Republic of Moldova.