Fugitive tycoon Plahotniuc lands in Moldova after being extradited

Moldovan business magnate Vladimir Plahotniuc, detained in Greece on a warrant linked to a $1 billion fraud case, landed in Moldova’s capital Chisinau after being extradited, local media said on Thursday.
NewsMaker.md outlet, broadcasting live from the airport, showed how people in dark uniforms led a man in a white shirt and dark cap, whose hands were tied behind his back, out of the plane and put him in a car.
Plahotniuc’s arrival comes days before a high-stakes parliamentary election in Moldova, where the ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) will likely struggle to keep its majority amid voter satisfaction with economic pain and slow progress on fighting corruption.