According to the report, in 2025, when analyzing the declarations, ANI inspectors recorded 22 cases of significant discrepancies, totaling 31.1 million lei – 13 civil servants with special status, eight holders of public office and one representative of bodies related to the justice system. This is the highest figure for the whole period of observation. The management attributes the increase to the improvement in the quality of inspections, a result they say they are able to achieve even amid chronic dissatisfaction with the level of salaries. A logical question arises: has control become stronger or has the problem simply become more visible?
ANI Chairman Lilian Kiska: “We are strengthening our human resources – our inspectors are gaining more and more experience year after year. The increase in the number of hired inspectors as well as the number of cases handled cannot be overlooked. However, we still do not have enough integrity inspectors – this is a position of high responsibility: it is the inspector who decides on the results of the inspection. Second, the level of pay, while we believe it has improved in the past year, is still not on par with other law enforcement agencies or the private sector. And thirdly, we have a high turnover of staff – people come, train, gain experience, and then leave for the private sector, and the main reason is financial.
“The higher the position, the more violations?”
The report shows that the leaders in the number of violations are civil servants with special status (from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, national security, anti-corruption structures, customs service), as well as persons holding public office. They account for the majority of the approximately 32 million lei of significant discrepancies detected. On average, one employee with special status accounts for more than 1.4 million lei, and one person holding a public position – more than 1.5 million lei. So, “the higher the position, the higher the percentage of violations”?
Last year, the courts heard 74 cases, and in 69 of them the final decisions were in favor of ANI, mostly on the legal regime of conflict of interest. In one case, confiscation of unjustified assets worth more than 900 thousand lei was ordered. Also, ANI submitted six lawsuits to the court for confiscation of unjustified property for a total amount of about 4.8 million lei. At the end of 2025, 392 cases were pending before the courts.
During the year, 78,119 new declarations were registered on the website – more than 90% of the total number of obliged persons. Overall, at the end of the year, 1,079,505 declarations for the period 2011-2025 were registered on the portal.
A curious point is observed in the institution’s report: out of a total of 593 appeals regarding compliance with the regimes of declaration of assets and personal interests, conflicts of interest, incompatibility, restrictions and prohibitions, more than half were filed by individuals.
There are no questions to Cherneutsyan
An even more curious finding is that in the vast majority of cases, decisions are made to refuse to carry out control. This was the case with the house declared by the head of the General Inspectorate of Police Viorel Cherneutianu.
Diana Caraman, PCRM deputy: “In February 2025, the media reported about suspicions about a luxury house purchased by the head of the National Police. In the declaration, this house was listed at the price of 1.85 million lei, as a small apartment in Chisinau, although in fact its market value, according to experts and journalistic investigations, is at least 30 million lei – 16 times more”.
This case was in the field of vision of the National Integrity Authority. The result of the investigation is published on the portal – it is a protocol of refusal to initiate control.
– The mentioned person presented arguments and justifications for the sources of financing the purchase of this property,” the head of ANI said.
– So, you seriously claim that a house worth about 30 million lei can be bought for 1.85 million lei and this does not raise any questions? – Diana Karaman responded with a question.
In such cases, there is a possibility to turn to the prosecutor’s office to check whether the official’s declaration corresponds to the real state of affairs and whether the ANI legislation is observed when assessing the property. However, as the deputy notes, law enforcement agencies respond to most of the opposition’s appeals with refusals even in high-profile cases.
“We see the political bias of these institutions, so we have questions about how their reports can be accepted when serious discrepancies in the property of government officials are ignored and the opposition is under stricter control,” Karaman concluded.
The report of the National Integrity Body was adopted by 55 votes.
