The NBM and the NCFM, within 30 days, are obliged to inform the parliament about the measures taken in connection with the identified legislative gaps that contributed to the seizure of Victoriabank, Asito, Banca de Economii, Moldova Agroindbank, Universalbank and Euroasig Grup.
This is stated in the resolution, which the parliament adopted following the hearing on Thursday of the Report of the Investigative Commission to investigate all the circumstances of the violent seizure of shares of some commercial banks and insurance / reinsurance companies in 2010-2012. The commission was established by a decision of parliament on July 20, 2020. It is entrusted with hearing all parties and those involved and within 120 days will present to parliament a report on the results and conclusions of the investigation. As a result, the report prepared by it is almost 50 pages and ends with a number of proposals for improving the situation in the banking and insurance / reinsurance sectors. It is proposed, in particular, to define the concept of "raider attack" and the facts of violent seizure, illegal alienation, as well as related actions that cause damage, as well as including them in criminal legislation. It is planned that the government will develop and submit to parliament for consideration and approval a draft law on amendments to the current legislation to establish strict sanctions for the actions of legal bodies and regulatory bodies in the banking sector and the field of insurance / reinsurance, as well as the persons in charge of them, for violations owner's rights, creating a threat to the activities, forced seizure and / or expropriation of owners and / or under the supervision and / or authorized by the National Bank and / or the National Commission on Financial Market, entities or their activities. In addition, new amendments are expected from the Cabinet to regulate the criminal and offensive nature of acts of forced seizure, expropriation and / or raider seizure, for actions that led to the loss of ownership, control or activities of commercial companies. At the same time, in the adopted resolution, the deputies of parliament petitioned the Prosecutor General's Office to consider the reasons for the failure to comply with the procedures for the investigation of cases related to forced seizure by expropriation, raider seizure, prosecution of persons who applied for protection against the relevant actions committed in 2010-2012. In addition, the Prosecutor General's Office must check the facts reflected in the Report of the Investigative Commission in connection with the illegal actions committed against Victoriabank, Asito, Banca de Economii, Moldova Agroindbank, Universalbank, Euroasig Grup, for further investigations in case of detection new circumstances that should be communicated to parliament, including regarding decision-makers who have delayed the consideration of cases, which has led to the release from responsibility of the perpetrators. The special commission also proposed to amend the criminal procedural legislation concerning the conduct, investigation of criminal cases in order to limit the period of conduct, investigation at the stage of investigation of a criminal case. The report also proposes to amend the legislation on the National Bank in order to strengthen cooperation between the parliament and this institution and increase the transparency of the NBM. Taking into account that, as the investigation showed, raider seizures of shares continued after the period established for the commission in 2010-2012, it is proposed to create a new commission to investigate the circumstances of the forced seizure (raider attacks) of shares of banks, insurance / reinsurance companies in Moldova in 2010- 2020// 04.03.2021 — InfoMarket.
