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Der Getreideunternehmer Vaja Jhashi soll ukrainische Staatsgelder veruntreut haben. Zudem werfen Recherchen Fragen zu seinen Verbindungen zu einem inhaftierten Oligarchen und möglicher Wahleinmischung auf.

Once one of Moldova’s most powerful political figures, businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc has been found guilty of creating and leading a criminal organization, fraud, and money laundering.

From Europe to the Pacific, the Moldovan fugitive used at least six aliases and a web of forged documents - including passports from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Iraq, and Vanuatu - to move, and hide from justice.

For six years, Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc—suspected of involvement in the theft of $1 billion—evaded justice by crossing borders under a web of false identities spanning Europe, the Middle East, and even the Pacific, until his arrest in July 2025 at Athens International Airport.