An officer of the Anenii Noi Police Inspectorate was denounced by a man from whom the policeman asked 11,000 lei for helping him solve a problem, IPN reports.

According to the National Anticorruption Center (NAC), the policeman said he has influence on officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and can help the denouncer’s wife who was wanted to enter unrestrictedly the country. The denouncer said the inspector told him to call him when his wife will reach Moldova’s border so that the woman could enter the country freely.

The arrest was made on the territory of a filling station in Anenii Noi in the afternoon of January 13. The police officer yielded up the received money to the anticorruption officers voluntarily.

The policeman faces up to seven years in jail for influence peddling.

The NAC data show 43 employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs were investigated for acts of corruption last year.