47 taxi drivers from Chisinau have been fined as 7 were left without number plates, following a raid undertaken jointly by police, tax inspectors and transport agency clerks.

A driver was even detained by the police for inuring a person on a pedestrian crossing.

The drivers working without certificates to carry passengers were fined.

Transport deputy minister Sergiu Bucătaru vows the authorities will organize more such raids: "The goal is to identify and punish the people providing illegal taxi services.”