Million-dollar smuggling: 14 cars stolen from France, discovered in the Republic of Moldova
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4 December 2025 10:40
Fourteen cars, worth a total of four million lei and believed to have been stolen from France, were discovered in the Republic of Moldova. Law enforcement officials announced the dismantling of a group involved in car smuggling after conducting 15 searches in Edineț, Anenii Noi, and Ialoveni. Six suspects, aged between 35 and 50, were targeted in this operation.
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