Eurojust and the Republic of Moldova signed a Cooperation Agreement in July 2014. It entered into force in October 2016, with the first Liaison Prosecutor Mihail Ivanov taking up his duties in September 2023.
In 2024, the Moldovan Desk was involved in 35 new cases, 21 coordination meetings, and 23 joint investigation teams.
Mihail Ivanov took up his duties as Liaison Prosecutor for Moldova at Eurojust in September 2023. After graduating from the Moldovan National Institute of Justice, Mr Ivanov started his career in April 2009 as a military prosecutor in the Chisinau Military Prosecutor’s Office. In November 2010, Mr Ivanov was appointed prosecutor in the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, where he worked on cases of tax evasion, money laundering and corruption. From 2014 to 2016, he also gave lectures at the National Institute of Justice.
Between October 2017 and August 2020, Mr Ivanov was the contact point responsible for law enforcement issues for the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In October 2022, with the agreement of the Superior Council of Prosecutors, he was appointed interim deputy of the Chief Prosecutor of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office, a position he held until April 2023.
2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
New cases (total) | 23 | 35 |
Coordination meetings (initiating and/or participating) | 11 | 21 |
Coordination centres (organising and/or participating) | - | - |
Joint investigation teams (newly signed and/or ongoing) | 13 | 23 |
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