MP Marina Tauber detained at Chisinau International Airport

Chisinau, May 1 /MOLDPRES/- This morning, MP Marina Tauber was detained at Chisinau International Airport en route to Tel Aviv, Israel via Istanbul, Turkey. The detention was based on an order by Prosecutor of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, also issued today, on the grounds that the accused violated the conditions stipulated by the preventive measures applied to her.
On April 28, the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office filed a motion with the investigating judge to replace the preventive measure of provisional release under judicial control with preventive detention on the grounds that Tauber violated the conditions of the preventive measure. Also on Friday, April 28, the accused's lawyer received a copy of the action. On April 29, Tauber requested that the court hearing be postponed so that she could travel to Israel. "Considering that the accused has already violated several times the conditions imposed by the judges, the prosecutors considered it necessary to detain the accused at the airport because there is a considerable risk that the accused will evade the criminal investigation body", the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office said.
On January 5, the Chisinau Court of Appeal maintained the preventive measure - the provisional release under judicial control and established the following conditions: not to leave the locality where she resides, except under the conditions established by the investigating judge, or as the case may be, by the court ; not to communicate with persons related to the respective criminal process and to hand over the passport to the judge appointed with the powers of the investigating judge.
On February 15, the investigating judge of the Chisinau District Court (Ciocana headquarters) rejected the lawyers' request regarding the revocation of the preventive measure - provisional release under judicial control.
The Chisinau Court (Ciocana headquarters) is to examine the prosecutors' approach to replace the measure with preventive detention.
Photo: Prosecutor's Office