A prosecutor from the northern town of Edineţ was detained yesterday for asking for a bribe of MDL20,000 (about $1,000.)

He was reported by a an informant, who had stolen a phone. The prosecutor asked him for the money in order to halt the probe.

The prosecutor was held up after receiving the last installment of MDL5,000.

Now he faces a jail sentence of between 7 and 15 years.