Viorel Tentiu, head of Interpol’s office in Moldova, said Shor had returned to Israel by air last Wednesday. Israeli officials were unable to say where he had been or where his flight had originated.
“All we have is confirmation that he landed at Ben Gurion airport, but it is unknown where he went or where he returned from,” Tentiu told state Moldova-1 television.
Tentiu had earlier said that Shor left for Israel on Nov. 6.
Shor was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison by a Moldovan court in April over a $1 billion bank fraud and has for months organized street protests from Israel to demand the resignation of pro-European President Maia Sandu’s government.
The Constitutional Court outlawed his party and authorities barred his allies from running in last week’s local elections for a different party.
Moldovan officials accused Shor of funneling about 50 million dollars into Moldova for “buying” voters.
President Sandu has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accused Moscow of plotting to remove her as she campaigns to secure European Union membership for Moldova which is one of Europe’s poorest countries.
