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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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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Massive abuses of European funds are now Bulgarian mafia’s main activity; OLAF does not care.
#GPGate: Cash, Offshores, Political Parties, Russian Oligarchs and Alleged Drug Lord’s Wife
Money from European projects, won by consultants through manipulations, is swiftly moving to a company with offshore ownership. Cash is coming back to the consultants through a person associated with …
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"GP Group" and "PI" have close business links and are associated with “Taki”
#GPGate: Owner of Land and Building on 59A ‘Cherni Vrah’ Blvd Drains Lukoil through Property Deals
The offshore “PI” company owns the land and the building on 59A “Cherni Vrah” Boulevard in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, which houses the offices of “GP Group” and numerous consultancy …
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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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Is Ahmed Dogan, the new owner of TPP Varna, really not involved in politics?
Controversial ‘Former’ Bulgarian Party Leader Receives Salary from Political Foundation
Ahmed Dogan, the Lifetime Honorary Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), the party largely representing the Muslim minority in Bulgaria, stopped being involved in politics six years …
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#GPGate: Consultancy Companies Involved in Grand Corruption with EU Funds and Public Procurement
Evidence of large-scale and wide-spread corruption in European Union (EU) funded projects emerges from the secret accounting books of a network of consultancy firms linked to large construction companies. Bivol …
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A massive concrete structure is growing in the vicinity of Mount Perelik, Bivol’s readers have alerted and have sent pictures. The construction site is located on the road to the …
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Ex-Auditor’s Confessions Reveal: Government Pressure and Vicious Practices in Bulgarian ‘Audit of European Union Funds’ Executive Agency
The former auditor at the “Audit of European Union Funds” Executive Agency (EAECA), Daniela Lazova, reveals in front of Bivol’s camera loopholes in the system for controlling the spending of …
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Farmer Evgeni Minchev recently accused the lawmaker (MP) from the parliamentary group of the “United Patriots” Yordan Apostolov of attacking and threatening him. According to Minchev, Yordanov’s aggression had been …




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