Overview
- Moldovan police spokesperson Diana Fetko said Interpol’s Paris bureau notified Chişinău of an international arrest request for Vladimir Filat.
- AFP reported a French court sentenced Filat in absentia to two years in prison and a €100,000 fine on money‑laundering charges.
- Filat said he has filed an appeal and invoked the presumption of innocence, stressing the ruling is not final.
- The investigation centers on real estate purchases in southeastern France in 2012 and 2014 and a villa on French territory near Geneva linked to his niece.
- Legal experts in Moldova note the country does not extradite its citizens but could consider recognizing and enforcing a French sentence domestically.