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Moldova's police announced 148 protest citations in August 2025; a year later its own records show 51
Confidence: Confirmed · 1 sourceMoldova · Oct 12, 2026
Subject of this story
Inspectoratul General al Poliției (IGP)
What happened
Moldova's General Police Inspectorate announced 148 contravention reports after the unauthorized Ilan Sor-linked protests in Chisinau on August 16, 2025. According to an investigation published on September 4, 2026 on Anticoruptie.md (source: the Center for Journalistic Investigations), a written reply from the inspectorate said 51 reports were drawn up that day, 30 of which reached the courts. The roughly 100 missing reports are unexplained in the published record; the investigation reports the inspectorate cited data-protection rules.
Sources (1)
Anticoruptie.md (Centrul de Investigații Jurnalistice)la data de 16 august 2025...angajații poliției au întocmit 51 de procese-verbale...Totodată, 30 dintre procesele-verbale întocmite au fost remise instanței.
Response
Inspectoratul General al Poliției (IGP)
Statement given
Contacted and responded — exact wording not on record.
What happened next (0)
No outcome recorded yet.