Vasile Sharko was appointed as head of the Service for the Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in the March 21 meeting of the Cabinet, IPN reports.

Until recently, Vasile Sharko worked at the National Anticorruption Center. The service he will head is a newly created body that is directly managed by the Government.

Among his duties are to analyze the information about suspect activities and transactions, offenses associated with money laundering and terrorism financing activities.