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National security under threat – the Audit Office

The Moldovan Border Police’s unique secure communications system is at risk of being paralysed due to unresolved bureaucratic procedures and commercial debts. According to the findings of an audit by the Court of Auditors, 28 telecommunications masts and 16 technical facilities, with a total value of 31.2 million lei, have not yet been legally transferred to the state and are featured in enforcement proceedings against a private company.
Irina Covalenco Irina Covalenco Reading time: 2 minutes
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Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Moldova

This concerns the infrastructure of the TETRA I project, which is critical for the coordination of forces and the secure exchange of data in the protection of the state border. Although the Border Police actively use these facilities in their operational activities, de jure they remain the property of a private company. As part of enforcement proceedings, bailiffs may put the masts and communication nodes up for auction to settle the company’s debts to commercial creditors.

Experts warn that the transfer of control over strategic facilities to third parties or the blocking of access to them by bailiffs could lead to a sudden disruption of communications at the border. This would not only cause direct damage to the state budget, which has invested millions in the project, but would also create a direct vulnerability to the country’s national security.

In view of the high level of risk, the Audit Chamber has issued an urgent recommendation to the government. The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to examine, as a matter of urgency, the legal mechanisms for resolving the situation and for the compulsory exclusion of assets of strategic interest from commercial enforcement proceedings.

Possible scenarios for resolving the issue under consideration include challenging the seizure of assets in court, buying out the liabilities, or expropriating the assets for public use, followed by their transfer to the balance sheet of the Main Border Police Inspectorate.

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.


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