Moldova ex-PM Vlad Filat held over $1bn bank scam

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

A court has extended the detention of Moldova's former Prime Minister Vlad Filat for 30 days as his possible role in a $1bn banking scam is investigated.

His liberal PLDM party - in Moldova's ruling coalition - condemned the move as "purely political" and "a violation of his rights".

He was arrested on Thursday, suspected of involvement in the disappearance of $1bn (£646m) from three Moldovan banks.
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The missing money is equivalent to an eighth of the ex-Soviet republic's entire GDP. Moldova is one of Europe's poorest countries.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34569887

[uawchild]

1. The article fails to mention....

That he headed a pro-Western faction. So, is he a victim of politics, a crook, an a-political opportunist or all of the above?

I mean 1 billion dollars is a lot of money and its lose fairly straight forward to trace, one would think.