Vassil “The Scull” Bozhkov is no longer a leading player in the lottery market of the Republic of Moldova. Moldovan Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoianoglo announced at an extraordinary briefing on …
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Irish MEP Clare Daly arrived in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort town of Pomorie with a purpose – to get acquainted with a long-standing problem of Irish citizens who bought homes …
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А company associated with the son of a former high-ranking functionary of the Bulgarian Communist Party, partnering with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS, the party largely representing the …
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FinCEN Files: Vice President of Atlantic Council Linked to Deripaska, Nazarbayev’s Financial Schemes
The name of Bulgarian national Alexander Mirtchev is found in the leaked files of the US Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN. It is included in a suspicious …
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Bulgaria risks sanctions not only by the United States but also by the European Commission (EC) due to the hastily built natural gas pipeline “TurkStream 2” (called “Balkan Stream” by …
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Russian laundromat companies spin billions, bank in Bulgaria’s Investbank
FinCEN files: Proxy of Bulgaria’s Ruling Party and Controversial Bulgarian Mogul’s Frontman Emerges from ‘Magnitsky’ Scheme
A company of arms trader Dobrin Ivanov received large sums from an offshore company linked to the money laundering scheme uncovered by Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, the FinCEN Files and …
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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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FinCEN Files: State-controlled Bulgarian Bank Processes Transactions Linked to Gangsters and Arms Trafficking for Islamic State
An offshore company with an account in Piraeus Bank paid USD 31 million to another offshore company with an account in the State-controlled Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB). The first offshore …
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Prime Minister, Are You the Father of Borislava Yovcheva’s Child?
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov arrived in the southern city of Kardzhali on September 12, 2020. His “live performance” in front of an organized audience was known for a week …
