Achieving specialized knowledge and practical skills focused on the efficient identification, investigation, and prosecution of crimes related to illegal financing and electoral corruption is the goal of the seminar, which takes place on December 5–6, 2024, at the National Institute of Justice. The event is organized in partnership with the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) and is intended for judges, prosecutors, criminal investigation officers, as well as representatives of the Office for Prevention and Fight Against Money Laundering and the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova.
The opening of the event was marked by speeches from Ecaterina Popa, Head of the training and research Department, and Frank Hupfeld, project coordinator for Moldova and Georgia at IRZ.
The transfer of expertise in the field is provided by national and German trainers: Pavel Postica, Vice President of the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova, Dr. Frank Lüttig, Attorney General from Celle, and Dr. Thomas Matusche, Head of Department at the Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony.
The training agenda includes topics related to the national and European legal framework, criminal prosecution procedures, strategies for collecting and evaluating evidence, as well as the criteria for conviction in cases of electoral corruption and illegal financing of political parties.
The seminar “Criminal prosecution of illegal financing of political parties and electoral corruption' aligns with the overall objectives of the National Integrity and Anti-Corruption Program 2024-2028”.
