Over the past weekend Colombian billionaire Alex Saab Moran, appointed by Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro as his “special diplomatic envoy”, was extradited from Cabo Verde to the USA, where he…
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Maduro's treasurer extradited to USA, specialised prosecutors drag their feet over his money at Bulgaria's Investbank
Maduro’s treasurer extradited to USA, specialised prosecutors drag their feet over his money at Bulgaria’s Investbank
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Hidden power networks:
Peevski exerts influence through lawyers pouring millions into reallocating company
Aviora Consult, the legal firm servicing Delyan Peevski’s businesses and hiring high-level lobbyists to defend him against Magnitsky Act measures in the USA, has received over 19 million BGN from…
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Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm Circles
Running in Circles
Five years ago, Bivol exposed the operations in Bulgaria of Circle, a surveillance company that eavesdrops on calls, texts and phone locations. The firm has registered in Bulgaria as a…
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Part Two
Son-in-Law of Bulgarian Small Town Mayor Absorbs EU Subsidies after Being Sanctioned for Abuses
Georgi Nukov, who is the live-in boyfriend of the daughter of Kosta Karanashev, Mayor of Bulgaria’s town of Kotel, keeps submitting winning bids for European Union (EU) projects and absorbing…
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Part I
Small Town ‘Gerbonomics” – Relatives, Nepotism and Syphoning of EU Funds
An interesting business network intertwining family and party connections has been woven in Bulgaria’s historical town of Kotel. Relatives of Mayor Kosta Karanashev and municipal officials of the ruling party…
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Bulgarian Coast around Dogan Seraglio Illegally Buried under Concrete and then Built-up
An on-location inspection by Bivol found that concrete had been poured on the coastline on the northern side of Cape Chukalyata in Rosenets Park near the Black Sea city of…
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Colombian billionaire Alex Saab is the alleged owner of the frozen in Bulgaria Venezuelan assets. Saab was detained in June in Cape Verde on an international arrest warrant from the…
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Three Bulgarian Ministries Assist Illegal Construction of Politician’s Seraglio
The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works (MRDPW), the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Transport have joined forces to issue a special detailed territorial development plan (SDTDP)…
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Dimitar Karanashev, father-in-law, and Zoya Karanasheva, sister-in-law, of Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture Dessislava Taneva, have absorbed through companies and as individuals nearly BGN 1 million in agricultural subsidies in 2018…
