A number of searches have been carried out in the criminal case started over the attempt to dispossess the Republic of Moldova of the building of the Consulate in Ukraine’s Odessa. Former Prime Minister Pavel Filip is also featured.

Contacted by IPN for details, spokeswoman for the Prosecutor General’s Office Mariana Cherpec said the searches cover an ex-Premier of the Republic of Moldova and a number of active members of the organized criminal group that was led by ex-Democratic MP Vladimir Andronachi, who were involved in this scheme.

The searches are conducted by officers of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases and the National Investigation Inspectorate. The resuts will be announced later.