We expresses our deep concern about the slow path of the reform in the National Integrity Authority (NIA). More than a year after the adoption of the integrity laws package NIA did not become operational.

The exaggerated delay of holding the contest for the positions of the Chair and the Vice-Chair (delayed launch of the contest, postponement of the Integrity Council meetings, including due to lack of quorum, repeated extensions of the submission deadlines for candidates) speaks rather of the deliberate nature of the protraction of this process. In the absence of management, as well as  integrity inspectors designated/selected by contest, the process of verification of public officials’ assets and interests is compromised.

The report includes results of monitoring the evolutions in these sectors, as the result of a massive bank fraud that took place in the Republic of Moldova, as well as monitoring the process of assets recovery. The activity was conducted within the project „A Case Based Approach to Fighting Grand Corruption” funded by the Embassy of Netherlands in Romania.

The December 2016 – October 2017 period was full of events in the financial and banking sector. Following the Filip Government’s decision in September 2016 to convert into internal state debt the guarantees issued in November 2014 and March 2015 (intended to cover the “gaps” created following the frauds from three banks: the Savings Bank, the Social Bank and Unibank), series of initiatives to amend financial-banking legislation were launched. These changes were to meet the conditions and commitments of the Moldovan authorities towards the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other development partners.

Raportul cuprinde rezultatele monitorizării evoluţiilor din acest sector, urmare a fraudelor bancare masive din Republica Moldova, precum şi rezultatele monitorizării recuperării fondurilor fraudate. Activitatea a fost realizată în proiectul „A Case Based Approach to Fighting Grand Corruption” finanțat de Ambasada Olandei la București.

Perioada decembrie 2016 – octombrie 2017 a fost plină de evenimente legate de sectorul financiar-bancar. După decizia guvernului Filip din septembrie 2016 de a converti în datorie internă de stat garanţiile emise în noiembrie 2014 şi martie 2015 (destinate acoperirii „găurilor” în urma furtului banilor din trei bănci: Banca de economii, Banca Socială şi Unibank), au apărut o serie de iniţiative de modificare a legislaţiei financiar-bancară. Aceste modificări urmau să îndeplinească condiţiile şi angajamentele autorităţilor din Republica Moldova faţă de Fondul Monetar Internaţional (FMI) şi alţi parteneri de dezvoltare.

June 16, 2017 – Transparency International – Moldova, ADEPT, IDIS „Viitorul” and the LRCM launched a new study: State Capture: the Case of the Republic of Moldova.

Over the last decade, Moldova has gone through several stages of corruption – from endemic corruption, to the “politicization” of the fight against corruption by eliminating political rivals and business competitors, and ultimately to state capture by a narrow group with of obscure interests.

La  16 iunie 2017, Transparency International – Moldova, Asociaţia pentru Democraţie Participativă „ADEPT”, Institutul pentru Dezvoltare şi Iniţiative Sociale „Viitorul” şi Centrul pentru Resurse Juridice din Moldova au lansat studiul „Capturarea statului: cazul Republicii Moldova”.