The transactions in cash between private individuals should be limited, as it is done in the case of legal entities. Such a proposal was formulated by the director of the National Anticorruption Center (NAC) Iulian Rusu in Parliament, IPN reports.

“This would significantly simplify the investigations we conduct and would not allow corrupt persons to use the money obtained from their illegal activities,” noted the NAC director.

In connection with the initiatives to amend the legislation, Iulian Rusu called on the MPs to examine them with celerity as these should ease the work of the investigation bodies. “For example, in the case of contravention cases concerning abuse of office that does not cause damage, it goes to statute of limitations of a year. The ill-intentioned lawyers delay the hearings in court,” explained the NAC director.

He proposed extending this period from a year to 18 months. When the case reaches court, the period should be suspended. “It would also be easier for the judges who examine all kinds of tendentious requests made by the defense and our investigations into cases of abuse of office that does not cause damage would have an end result,” said Iulian Rusu.

The proposals were formulated in connection with the presentation of the progress report for 2022. Last year the NAC identified 539 offenses and 401 of them were related to corruption. For the first time in 2022, the Criminal Assets Recovery Agency managed to sequestrate one item to the value of over 1 billion lei in a high-profile case. This asset was identified on the territory of another state. Assets to the value of about 2 billion lei were sequestrated last year in total.