Former minister of justice and former head of the Security and Intelligence Service Vitalie Pîrlog rejects the accusations about his involvement in corruption and says that these actions are part of a planned personal defamation campaign, IPN reports.

The reaction comes in the wake of reports about Vitalie Pîrlog in his capacity as former chairman of the Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files. According to Bloomberg, Pîrlog is the author and central figure in an international corruption scheme to lift Interpol red notices, and the loophole created by the official was allegedly used to suspend Interpol red notices and diffusions (unconfirmed arrest requests sent directly by states) for people who obtained refugee status.

The ex-official said that he will file a lawsuit against the chief of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office Veronica Drăgălin, for defamation and spreading of false information.

"This behavior of the prosecutors, under the coordination of Mrs. Drăgălin, underlines the lack of real progress in the work of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office and reflects an attempt to compensate for these deficiencies through unfounded attacks on public figures."

According to Vitalie Pîrlog, actions of this type are unacceptable in a state with the rule of law and seriously affect the credibility of the institutions involved. "These actions, lacking concrete evidence, represent an obvious attempt to discredit and defame the image of Vitalie Pîrlog, through fabulations meant to impress public opinion and influence the courts," reads the statement of Pîrlog's lawyer.