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  • 28/05/2025
No, Euronews didn't publish a video about corruption in Moldova

Another false video attributed to Euronews is circulating online, this time related to alleged corruption and black market arms sales in Moldova.

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00:00No, Euronews didn't publish a video about corruption in Moldova.
00:07A fake video has been posted to Russian Telegram channels bearing Euronews as graphics
00:12and claiming that corruption has pushed Moldova to become one of the biggest black markets for arms sales.
00:18It appeared on a Telegram channel called the Military Observer in Russian
00:22and, at the time of recording, had amassed more than 16,000 views.
00:26The graphics and format of the video strongly resembled those of Euronews,
00:30but the channel did not produce it.
00:32The video alleges that high levels of corruption in Moldova's armed forces
00:36mean that the country is now the largest hub for the black market in weapons.
00:40Arms traffickers allegedly use Moldova as a buffer zone for the illegal export of weapons from Ukraine
00:46and distribute them elsewhere in Europe and beyond, according to the fake video.
00:50It attributes a quote to Clara Staicu, Romania's Secretary of State for European Affairs,
00:55in which she supposedly calls Moldova a perfect transit point for arms traffickers
01:00due to its small size and widespread corruption.
01:03It also alleges that the situation has worsened over the past four years,
01:07during the presidency of Maya Sandhu,
01:09and that Interpol has previously reported that weapons smuggled through Moldova
01:13were used to commit terrorist attacks in France and Germany.
01:16It's unclear where any of the claims in the video supposedly come from,
01:20and there appears to be no evidence for any of them.
01:22The video follows hot on the heels of another fake video
01:25that was attributed to Euronews and spread online last week,
01:29alleging that Romania cautioned French authorities over interference
01:32in the Romanian presidential election runoff.
01:35Euronews and other media outlets are routinely targeted by pro-Russian actors
01:39to spread disinformation narratives and weaken trust in the media,
01:43particularly around election time.
01:45There have been repeated cases of false news reports
01:47bearing the visual identity of reputable news outlets
01:50to sow confusion and propaganda.

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