(UPDATE 11:54) He allegedly asked for EUR45,000 to influence prosecutors and judges concerning the arrest of a former civil servant who's probed for involvement in a scam of illegally selling public plots of land.

(09:54) A former acting general prosecutor was nabbed last night by the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Causes (PCCOCS.)

The information has been confirmed for PUBLIKA TV by general prosecutor Eduard Harujen. 

The former top prosecutor is probed in a case opened for influence peddling.