Moldovan Intelligence Arrests Consul General in Istanbul for issuing documents allowing Arabs to enter Moldova

Moldovan Intelligence Agency arrests  Veaceslav Filip, Consul general in Istanbul. The diplomat was arrested at Chisinau international airport. According Moldovan website Deschide.md Veaceslav Filip is accused of bribery and passive corruption.

The information was confirmed by acting Prosecutor-General Eduard Harunjen.

The operation involved officers of the National Anticorruption Centre and the Moldovan Intelligence Agency (Information and Security Service).

According to prosecutors, Moldova's consul general in Istanbul Veaceslav Filip accepted bribes for issuing various consular documents.

Immediately after the detention, prosecutors searched the consul's house in Chisinau.

Veaceslav Filip is accused of issuing documents allowing citizens of Arab origin to enter Moldova and of repeat violations of the law on combating international terrorism.

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