Officers of the National Anticorruption Center are carrying out searches at the homes and offices of a number of functionaries of the Chisinau City Hall. The information was confirmed for IPN by the Center’s press officer Angela Starinschi.

According to the Center, the searches are performed within a case of corruption that includes functionaries and intermediaries. These were started early this morning and are carried out at the homes, in the cars and offices of the given functionaries. Two persons were escorted to the Center. These are suspected of playing the role of intermediaries in the investigated case. They were questioned and then placed under arrest for 72 hours.

Contacted by IPN, the head of the City Hall’s Public Relations Division Vadim Branzaniuc said he does not know what case is being investigated, but noted that a deputy mayor and the deputy chief architect of Chisinau are involved. According to him, the searches in their offices commenced in the morning continue.