Law No. LP1104/2002 “On Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption.” Country/Territory Moldova, Republic of Document type Legislation Date 2002 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject General Keyword Institution Governance Access-to-justice Human rights Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Enforcement/compliance Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Entry into force notes This Law enters into force after its official publication. Abstract This Law establishes the legal basis, principles of activity, tasks, duties and rights of the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, and also the conditions of service in its bodies. The Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption is a specialized law enforcement agency to counteract financial economic, tax violations and corruption. The Center operates on the basis of the following principles: (a) legality; (b) observance of fundamental human rights and freedoms; (c) appropriateness; (d) a combination of overt and covert methods and means; (f) a combination of one-man management and collegiality; and (f) cooperation with other public authorities, public organizations and citizens. The tasks of the Center are: (a) prevention, detection, investigation and suppression of financial and economic and tax offenses; (b) combating corruption and protectionism; (c) countering the legalization of material values and money laundering received in illegal way. The objectives of the Center are exhaustive and cannot be changed or supplemented other than by law. In fulfillment of the tasks assigned to it, the Center is obliged to: (a) carry out its activities in strict accordance with the Constitution of the Republic Moldova, this Law and other regulations; (b) carry out operational-search activity in accordance with the legislation; (c) take measures to prevent, detect and suppress corruption and protectionism; (d) carry out criminal prosecution of offenses, the suppression of which is related to its competence; (e) carry out proceedings on cases of administrative offenses attributed to its competence; (f) conduct audits of financial and economic activities and tax audits and apply sanctions in accordance with the law; (g) take measures to compensate for damage caused to the state by violations of the law, the suppression of which is attributed to the competence of the Center; (h) receive and register statements, messages, appeals and other information about offenses and carry out checks in accordance with the procedure established by law; (i) ensure the safety of activities and the protection of their employees from encroachments when the performance of the official duties; (j) carry out, within the limits of its competence, measures to counter legalization of material values and money laundering obtained by illegal means; (k) prevent, detect and suppress violations related to the repatriation of monetary funds, material values and services; (l) take measures to ensure the safety of ownerless property discovered by bodies of the Center, before transferring it to the jurisdiction of the relevant body; (m) provide training, retraining and advanced training of personnel; (n) keep, in accordance with the law, a record of those liable for military service serving in Center as employees; and (o) ensure the protection and safety of information constituting state, banking, commercial and other secrets protected by law, which became known to the employees of the Center in the performance of the tasks assigned to the Center. This information can be granted to other public authorities in accordance with the law. Full text Russian Website www.legis.md