The management of the Central Market in Chisinau will be changed this week, mayor Ion Ceban announced at the ordinary meeting of officials of municipal services. The mayor explained that the individuals and economic agents "are required to pay illegal taxes for selling and staying on the territory of the market."

Ion Ceban noted that "a kind of mafia was created at the market, which forces the people to pay illegal taxes", using, in these circumstances, the names of the mayor and deputy mayors.

The mayor of Chisinau asked that the archives of the surveillance cameras be sent to the police, and that another video system be installed in the market.

The mayor also ordered that by the end of this week, the concept of digitization of the selling process at the Central Market be presented, and that external and internal audits be carried out there, IPN reports.