Greece suspends tycoon Plahotniuc's extradition to Moldova, says Moldovan prosecutor


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  • Thursday, 18 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plahotniuc delivers a speech during a rally demanding a creation of parliament coalition, in Chisinau, Moldova June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

ATHENS/CHISINAU (Reuters) -Greece has suspended the extradition to Moldova of business magnate and former politician Vladimir Plahotniuc who is sought by Chisinau over a2014 mass fraud case, a Moldovan prosecutor and a Greek legal source said on Wednesday.

A Greek court had ruled in favor of his extradition on charges related to a fraud case known in the ex-Soviet state as the "theft of the century" next week, days before Moldova holds a general election on Sept. 28.

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