Moldova’s General Prosecutor’s Office has opened a criminal investigation into a possible leak or sale of personal data belonging to officers of the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), politician Renato Usatîi said, raising fresh concerns about the exposure of intelligence personnel with ties to Western partners.
Usatîi said on July 29 that he had received official confirmation from the prosecutor’s office that the probe was launched on July 20, local outlet point.md reported. The General Prosecutor’s Office has not yet publicly confirmed the investigation.
“I hope we will get more clarity on who sold or did not sell the data of SIS employees to representatives of the Russian Federation,” Usatîi said, adding that if violations are confirmed, those responsible should face criminal charges, not merely resignations.
The potential compromise of SIS officer data comes months after two Moldovan citizens who worked for the service were detained in Russia and later freed in an international exchange of detainees in April.
President Maia Sandu said at the time that the release operation had been prepared over several months under SIS coordination and that some details were kept secret to avoid endangering the operation and the lives of the two officers. She thanked foreign partners, including the United States, Romania and Poland, for their support.
The new criminal case suggests authorities are examining whether sensitive information may have been improperly transferred to Moscow before or during that operation.
