Five border police officers will be remanded in custody for 30 days on corruption charges in the Airport bribery case. Another seven persons involved were placed under house arrest for 30 days, while a police officer will be under judicial control. Such a decision was taken by the Ciocana branch of the Chisinau City Court, IPN reports.

Fifteen employees of the General Border Police Inspectorate are investigated in a case of corruption that was started on June 23 based on operational information. It refers to 60 episodes, 38 of which are cases of taking bribe, while the rest are contraventions. It was determined that employees of the Border Police Sector “Chisinau International Airport” illegally obtained €50 to €100  from passengers who intended to leave the country and who were suspected of presenting false PCR COVID-19 test results. The Border Police employees also extorted money from Moldovans and foreigners who planned to leave the Republic of Moldova through the Chisinau International Airport for not drawing up reports on the violation of the self-isolation regime against them.