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Lawyer caught taking bribe


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A Chisinau female lawyer on probation was arrested by anticorruption officers in the act of taking €3,200 marked ‘bribe’, Info-Prim Neo reports. The Center for Combating Corruption and Economic Crime was notified by a person from Balti municipality, from whom the lawyer requested money for persuading employees of law enforcement bodies to hold the given person administratively, not criminally accountable in a case. Legal action was taken against the lawyer for traffic of influence. She faces a fine of 20,000 to 60,000 lei or two to six years’ imprisonment. The woman is investigated outside prison.