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.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2020 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 |
About 2016 Data
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All the cases reported here relate to "extremist crimes" motivated by bias, related to participation in armed conflict, recruitment of others to participate in an armed conflict, and/or undermining the constitutional system.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-06 | Violent attacks against people | OSCE Mission to Moldova
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Anti-Semitic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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| 2016-08 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Moldova
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| 2016-09 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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| 2016-04 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
OSCE Mission to Moldova
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| 2016-05 | Attacks against property | OSCE Mission to Moldova
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| 2016-11 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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| 2016-02 | Attacks against property | Jewish Community of Moldova
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2016-01 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-02 | Threats | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-02 | Threats | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-06 | Threats | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-09 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-01 | Threats | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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| 2016-11 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-03 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-05 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-02 | Threats | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-02 | Violent attacks against people | GenderDoc-M
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| 2016-10 | Violent attacks against people | Transgender Europe (TGEU)
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
In its "Concluding observations on the combined tenth and eleventh periodic reports of Moldova," the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) expressed concern about the lack of hate crime legislation and recommended that the investigation and prosecution of all hate crimes is ensured, as well as that date are provided on the numbers of cases.
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Moldova have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.