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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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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LeadingThe "Bad Apples" BanksThe Azerbaijani Laundromat
"Nuclear blow" against a "laundromat" for tens of billions of dollars from Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova and North Korea
US Treasury Department Bans Latvian ABLV Bank
The third largest Latvian bank, ABVL, has been heavily sanctioned by the regulators in Washington DC due to its involvement in money laundering and other illicit activities connected to Russia,…
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Joint interests in the plundering of the Bank’s assets
Letter to the Editor: Corpbank – Technology of Corporate Bankruptcy
Bivol received an email with a letter from citizens that had been harmed by the bankruptcy of Corpbank (Corporate Commercial Bank, CCB). It describes with specific facts and entities a…
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Documentary on ARTE.TV
Bulgarians against Corruption
On March 16, 2017, the Franco-German public TV, ARTE, broadcast a documentary “Bulgarians against Corruption”, featuring Assen Yordanov from Bivol. Before the cameras of German journalists, he tells the story…
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When Bubble Bursts, Prosecutor General Will Be Held Accountable
The investigations by Bivol into the draining of First Investment Bank (FIB) were fully confirmed by the prosecution. Therefore, it is more than scandalous that it saw no grounds for…
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EC: Disclosure of Stress Test Documents Would Be Detrimental to Bulgaria
Disclosure of the assessment of the European Commission (EC) of the stress tests of Bulgarian banks would undermine the protection of the financial, monetary and economic policy of Bulgaria. This…
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Legendary Unemployed Cypriot Lurks Once Again… as Owner of Exploded Train
The company “Bulmarket DM” Ltd., whose cargo train exploded Saturday morning in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino, inflicting huge damage and causing numerous fatalities and injuries, is owned on paper…
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Two years after Bivol’s alert:
Prosecution Confirms Central Bank Report on Private Lender Draining and… Goes after Judge
Nearly two years after Bivol’s publications on the draining of First Investment Bank (FIB ) by connected parties, Bulgarian prosecutors issued a decree confirming the facts, but still refusing to…
