Financial abuse valued at a couple hundred million euro have been exposed at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. The embezzlement is primarily tied to funds from different European …
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Auditor reports: Monstrous corruption involving EU funds
UPDATE: OVER 0.5 BLN BGN OF EU FUNDS EMBEZZLED THROUGH SOCIAL MINISTRY
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CORRUPTION SCANDAL WITH SUSPICIONS OF ESPIONAGE
BULGARIAN GOLDEN PASSPORT. SCANDAL IN URUGUAY WITH A COLONEL FROM THE RUSSIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY
Since 2008, Former colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation, Andrey Valeryevich Kashtanov, has held a passport of the Republic of Bulgaria under the notorious …
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Official documents, photos and videos by Bivol show:
Sofia secretly selling old weapons meant for Ukraine via Romania and Poland
Instead of offering military help in an official and transparent way, Bulgaria is secretly selling weapons meant for Ukraine through Poland and Romania, Bivol found out in a joint investigation …
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International investigation by OCCRP with Bivol on the team
Three Bulgarian companies importing phosphates from Bashar Assad; sanctioned Putin oligarch Andrey Melnichenko among the clients
Three Bulgarian companies have been importing phosphates from the Syrian Arab Republic, whose president Bashar Assad and his ministry of oil have been under US sanctions since 2011 and under …
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Prompted by Bivol and the Panama Papers:
Anti-corruption body acts on Bivol’s findings about Vassil Bozhkov’s property
Bulgaria’s Commission for Anti-Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture (CACIAF) is working on seizing the property of gambling boss Vassil Bozhkov, known as the Skull, identified by Bivol in an investigation …
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Powerful US Lobbyist Aids Businesses Linked to Sanctioned Bulgarian Lawmaker, Has Joint Company with Notorious Attorney
United States (US) Democratic Party lobbyist Anthony Podesta has signed lobbying deals worth more than USD 2 million with Bulgarian companies whose owners are linked to controversial Bulgarian lawmaker, former media mogul …
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THE VENEZUELA LAUNDROMAT
Maduro’s treasurer extradited to USA, specialised prosecutors drag their feet over his money at Bulgaria’s Investbank
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
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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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 …
