Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov literally mocked the public. He promised to reveal the ownership of the company “Yulen” but did not do so. Nevertheless, he revealed that the Prosecutor’s Office …
The B-files
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CEZInvestigationsLeading
Bulgaria’s Inercom Negotiates with “Global Financial Institutions” to Fund CEZ Takeover
“Global financial institutions”, not represented in Bulgaria, are in an advanced stage of negotiations with Inercom to finance the takeover of the Bulgarian assets of the Czech electric power utility …
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We are dedicated to the Truth. We stand behind every one of our words and publications. Sadly, the Truth is that Bulgaria is gravely ill from corruption and captured by …
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DoganserailInvestigationsLeading
Bulgarian Government Turns Blind Eye to Illegal Construction on Public Beach next to #DoganSeraglio
A two-story building on the beach and a powerful shoreline fortification on publicly-owned land – these are the new construction “achievements” in the vicinity of Dogan’s Seraglio in Park “Rosenets” …
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BulgartabacInvestigationsLeading
Bulgarian authorities close their eyes to evidence from partner services
Customs Documents: Bulgartabac Generates Billions from Smuggling
The company of Iraqi smuggler Salam Quader Faraj has bought from Bulgaria and exported to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) more than 3.3 billion cigarette packs between 2009 and 2017. …
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Bulgarian Police Detain Bivol Investigative Reporters While They Attempt to Prevent #GPGate Evidence Destruction
Two journalists from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) – Dimitar Stoyanov from Bulgaria’s Bivol and Attila Biro from Rise Romania – the Romanian partner of Bivol, were …
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CEZInvestigationsLeading
Bulgarian energy watchdog had accepted as a guarantee a forged letter of guarantee for EUR 200 million from a company of an Italian national wanted for fraud
Company Associated with Well-known Names Gave 28 Million to Bulgarian Buyer of CEZ
A contract for EUR 14 million with the company Petrolinks Handels GmbH had been presented by a firm of Ginka and Slavcho Varbakovi to the Bulgarian State Commission for Energy …
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A solid sequence of public facts connects the people involved in the deal to sell the Bulgarian assets of Czech State-owned electric power utility, CEZ, with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. …
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CEZInvestigationsLeading
CEZ is keeping the offer under wraps
Suspicious Macedonian Companies Linked to Bulgarian Energy Mogul and to Husband of Ex-Ukrainian PM Also Eyed CEZ
A Macedonian company, Alfa Energo, has sent a non-binding offer to the Czech State-owned electric power utility CEZ Group for its business in Bulgaria. It happened in early 2017, but …



