Moldova

Moldova regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Moldova’s hate crime laws consist of a combination of general and specific penalty-enhancement provisions. Hate crime data are collected by the Information Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the police, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the National Bureau of Statistics.

How hate crime data is collected in Moldova

How hate crime data is collected in Moldova

The Information Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for collecting data on all crimes committed in Moldova, including hate crimes. There is no separate process or method for the collection of data on hate crime.

The prosecutor’s office does not keep separate records of hate crimes. If a prosecutor encounters a hate crime, they fill in the relevant statistical form in the crime record and, after investigating the case, send it to the appropriate territorial police body. Similarly, if a judge considers such a case, the statistician fills in the relevant statistical form, indicating the details of the defendant and the relevant provisions of the criminal code and sends it to the statistics department of the Ministry of Justice. The latter sends a consolidated account of cases considered by the courts to the national statistics body.

Data on hate crimes are published periodically in newsletters and other materials of the Council on the Prevention and Elimination of Discrimination and Equity.

Access more information at the Legislation Online website Legislationline TANDIS Access more information at the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Information System (TANDIS) website

OFFICIAL DATA

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 10 5 41
2017 17 5 10
2016 5 5 5
2015 0 0 1
2014 1 1 Not available
2013 4 Not available 0
2012 3 Not available Not available
2011 Not available Not available Not available
2010 Not available Not available Not available
2009 2 0 0

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-11 Threats
UNHCR
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
UNHCR
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Semitic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-12 Violent attacks against people
Jewish Community of Moldova
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2019-12 Attacks against property
OSCE Mission to Moldova
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-08 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-05 Attacks against property
GenderDoc-M
OSCE Mission to Moldova
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2019-01 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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2019-08 Attacks against property
GenderDoc-M
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
GenderDoc-M
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Moldova have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.