Update/12 noon/. The National Anticorruption Center said the case involves functionaries of the Chisinau City Hall, intermediaries and beneficiaries of their services. Seventeen persons were detained for questioning.

Officers of the National Anticorruption Center are conducting searches at a number of addresses in the capital city, including at the Chisinau City Hall. The Center’s press officer Angela Starinski has told IPN that the searches are carried out within a criminal case started over acts of corruption.

A number of persons were escorted to the National Anticorruption Center for being questioned. Details will be provided in the course of the day.