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Symbolic illustration: a phone screen displaying a call from an unknown number, with a warning label, on a dark background — suggesting a suspicious call.
NATIONAL

Trap calls targeting the elderly: the bill requiring operators to block them has passed first reading

The opposition bill that would require telephone operators to detect and block calls with a spoofed number — the ones used above all to trick the elderly — passed its first reading in Parliament on 2 July, and for the second reading it will be merged with the Government’s “SIM card only with your ID” project. The same day, MPs also backed the creation of a National Anti-Fraud Focal Point, after the report of an inquiry commission that put 2025 fraud damage at a record of about 272 million lei. For Ungheni, where lonely elderly people are the favourite target of the “relative in trouble” or “from the bank” scheme, the spoofed number is precisely the trap.

Ion Calmis·4 July 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE
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A new wooden bench with wrought-iron arms, set on a concrete base by a road in the village of Costuleni; in the background, a roadside crucifix and a white decorative fence.
PUBLIC SERVICES

Ten new benches in Costuleni, requested by the village's own seniors, through a German-funded project

Ten benches have been installed in the village of Costuleni — rest spots for all ages. The need was flagged by the local elderly mutual-support group, and the benches came through a partnership between the natives' association, Costuleni City Hall and HelpAge Moldova, under a project funded by the German government. A small gesture, in a district where nearly a quarter of residents are over 60.

Ion Calmis·1 July 2026· News
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A mobile phone, a SIM card and a generic identity document on a dark wooden table, in dramatic light.
NATIONAL

A SIM card only with your ID: what the new anti-fraud measure changes, and why an ageing district like Ungheni is a target

The Government has decided that prepaid SIM cards will be activated only on the basis of an identity document, to cut into the anonymity used by scammers. Telephone and online fraud has exploded — from 40 million lei in 2023 to over 272 million in 2025. For a district like Ungheni, with many elderly people left alone while their relatives are abroad, the measure touches a nerve: here a woman was tricked out of more than 436,000 lei, and the most exposed are precisely those over 66.

Ion Calmis·17 June 2026· ExplainerWHAT'S AT STAKE