Former SIS deputy director accused of treason questioned at DIICOT

Alexandru Balan, the former deputy director of the Republic of Moldova's Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) was brought under escort on Tuesday morning to the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) headquarters to be heard in a case in which he is accused of treason and having passed secret state information to KGB officers in Belarus.

The former high-ranking SIS officer was detained on Monday by prosecutors in Timisoara and transported to Bucharest to provide explanations to investigators, agerpress.

"Today, 8 September 2025, the prosecutors of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism - Central Structure, together with policemen of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime within the Romanian Police Inspectorate General (IGPR) executed a summons warrant issued for a 47-year-old suspect investigated for the crime of treason by way of transmitting state secrets on a continuous basis. Evidence shows that, from 2024 until now, the suspect, who previously held leadership positions within the Intelligence and Security Service of the Republic of Moldova, was involved in unauthorized disclosure of state secrets to representatives of a foreign power, namely officers of the State Security Committee - KGB of the Republic of Belarus, in circumstances that endangered Romania's national security," a DIICOT release on Monday announced.

According to the DIICOT, between 2024 and 205, the suspect had two meetings, both in Budapest - Hungary, with intelligence officers from the State Security Committee - KGB of the Republic of Belarus, there being reasonable suspicions that these meetings were aimed at the passage of instructions and payments for the services rendered.

The investigation, conducted under the coordination of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EUROJUST), benefited form the support of intelligence services from Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic, as well as the support of prosecutors from Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Moldova.