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Exploring the scope for freezing, confiscating and social reuse of proceeds and instrumentalities of crime in Romania – Opportunities for reform

In recent years, Romania has developed a legal and institutional framework for the recovery of criminal proceeds and instrumentalities. Money laundering is now criminalised as a standalone offence, and several types of confiscation are regulated, including extended confiscation. In the administrative sphere, Romania has introduced the confiscation of unjustified wealth of public officials and a ···

The infrastructure of an information war – disinformation monitoring 1-23 September

The infrastructure of an information war 93 million views and nearly 10,000 posts between September 1 and 23 Data source: Lists monitored on the FACT platform Data Credits from investigations of: Context.ro, ExpertForum.ro, Watchdog.md, Promo-LEX, PROMPT , DFR LAB -ATLANTIC COUNCIL Authors: Mădălina Voinea Contributors: Sorin Ioniță, Atilla Biro, Septimius Pârvu, Daniel Timofte, Mihaela Tănase, ···

The post-Communist Transition for Dummies

How Putin & Xi lie about our recent past. And why it matters for today’s politics and the war in Ukraine

A new EFOR booklet showing how Russia and China seek to discredit Eastern Europe’s democratic transformation after 1990. By reframing transition as failure and fueling “nostalgia propaganda,” these narratives aim to undermine institutions, sow distrust, and weaken the liberal order in our region. The booklet explores how politics, the economy, NATO, and memory itself became ···

Mirror Mirror on the Digital Wall: Cross-Platform Infrastructure in Moldovan Elections

This report’s monitoring exercise confirms and deepens findings from earlier Expert Forum monitoring for  FACT-HUB.EU, which have documented coordinated disinformation operations in Moldova. Among our recent conclusions: (i) that pro-Russian narratives are being spread through both overt channels (e.g. political actors, media outlets) and covert ones (fake or anonymous social media accounts), (ii) that online ···

Analysis of coordinated inauthentic behavior in Moldova: 23 days before the elections

Authors: Voinea Mădălina, Sorin Ioniță The report, based on the analysis of 3,391 videos, 36,338 comments, and 100 identified inauthentic accounts, reveals an alarming reality. From fake accounts generated by artificial intelligence that mimic the character of the “flower lady” to coordinated international networks that create the illusion of organic posting behavior, the report presents ···

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