Moldova enhances anti-corruption collaboration at the European Partners Against Corruption General Assembly in the Hague
Representatives of Moldova’s key integrity and anti-corruption institutions participated in the 24th Annual Professional Conference and General Assembly of the European Partners Against Corruption / European Contact-Point Network Against Corruption (EPAC/EACN), held at Eurojust in the Hague on 24-25 November 2025. The conference brought together leading anti-corruption practitioners, oversight bodies, prosecutors, and international organisations for two days of intensive discussions on trends, challenges, and innovations in anti-corruption and integrity policies. The Moldovan delegation was comprised of officials from National Anti-Corruption Centre, the National Integrity Authority, and the Internal Protection and Anti-Corruption Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the EU HLA on Anticorruption, Anti-Money Laundering and Assets Recovery and Management, as well as the Programme Manager for Good Governance and Anticorruption from the EU Delegation.
The conference opened with remarks from senior European officials who highlighted the growing complexity of corruption cases and the need for strengthened cross-border cooperation. Moldova’s participation gained additional visibility due to the active contribution of Moldovan delegation to the plenary sessions and specialised thematic discussions. The topics ranged from EU-level strategic coordination and cross-border cooperation to integrity risks in law enforcement, corruption measurement methodologies, public procurement transparency, and innovative investigative tools, such as AI-based analytics and cryptocurrency tracing.
The Deputy Director of the National Anti-Corruption Centre Alexandru Savca presented Moldova’s recent progress and the main challenges in the fight against corruption. In addition, he shared NAC’s most recent practical experience on effectively addressing electoral corruption, drawing considerable interest from peer institutions and international partners.
During the conference, a pre-arranged bilateral meeting was held between the NAC reprezentatives and the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT). The discussion focused on concrete next steps to deepen cooperation, including strengthening corruption-related investigations and analytical capacities, further developing preventive instruments and integrity risk assessment methodologies, enhancing anti-corruption education, and exchanging best practices on institutional development and organisational resilience. Both institutions agreed to reinforce operational and strategic information-sharing channels, and reaffirmed their commitment to cooperating and organizing follow-up expert-level activities throughout 2026.
The participation of Moldovan institutions in the EPAC/EACN conference reflects the country’s sustained commitment to aligning with EU anti-corruption standards and strengthening institutional capacities as part of its EU accession process. This initiative was funded in the framework of the project “Moldova is Europe – Support for EU Integration”.
