Bangladesh, Nov. 11 -- The arrest of Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc in July 2025 at Athens International Airport has shed light on a sprawling network of forged identities, fake passports, and international concealment that allowed one of Eastern Europes most notorious fugitives to evade justice for six years. The revelations, emerging from investigations conducted by CU SENS in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), highlight the extraordinary lengths to which Plahotniuc went to hide from law enforcement authorities while allegedly orchestrating one of the largest financial crimes in Moldovas history.

Plahotniuc, once a dominant political and business figure in Moldova, is accused of mast...