Until recently, Ginka and Slavcho Varbakovi, the infamous business couple from the southern city of Pazardzhik, who won the tender for the Bulgarian business of the Czech State-owned power utility …
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Despite her dubious credit history, Ginka had undergone due diligence by CEZ and the Czech State and had secured the trust of a large financial institution
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Duplication of social security numbers (known as unified civil number(s), EGN) is a rare case in Bulgaria, and when such case involves not two, but three persons, then it borders …
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Stoyan Tonchev alerts institutions of a new threat against him
Bivol Reporter Attacked by Ex-Mafia Bodyguard
On Monday, February 19, around 12.30 pm, Stoyan Tonchev, reporter of Bivol, was brutally attacked by Hristo Shirokov, former bodyguard of notorious drug lord Dimitar “Mityo The Eyes” Zhelyazkov in …
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Latvian "bad apples" ABLV Bank and Norvik Banka used bribes to dodge regulatory penalties for non-compliance with the sanction regime against North Korea
Latvijas Banka Governor Asked USD 100,000 Bribe from Russian Banker
Latvia is facing a serious political crisis following the detention of Ilmars Rimsevics, the longtime Governor of Latvijas Banka (the country’s central bank – editor’s note) and a member of …
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"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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Contracts concluded without public tender start “singing”
Wire Fence on Bulgarian Border Proves “Golden”
The Bulgarian government has paid colossal and inflated amounts to several selected companies that are building the wire fence along the country’s border with Turkey. The contracts date from 2016. …
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Alexei Belenky, who has been granted Bulgarian citizenship under suspicious circumstances, is prosecuted for public procurement abuses
Bulgaria Shelters Ex-Lukoil Boss Wanted by Ukraine’s Anticorruption Prosecutors
Alexei Belenky is wanted by Interpol in order to face charges for misuse of public procurement in the amount of millions of euros from tenders of the Ukrainian railways. He …
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The UK government will use its “full force” to crackdown on foreign criminals and corrupt politicians as new Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) come into effect this week. UWOs gives the …
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Sergei Adoniev is the mysterious "Russian businessman" who has been granted Bulgarian citizenship under questionable circumstances
Putin’s “Oligarch with Bulgarian Passport” Made First Russian Smartphone – Yota Phone
At first sight, the two news that came from Bulgaria and Russia on January 26, 2018, have no connection at all, unless one tracks the history of their main protagonists …
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Ex-Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria and Partner with Alleged Mobster Becomes Bulgarian Citizen “On Merit”
Anatoly Potapov, Ambassador in Sofia from 2004 to 2008, and his wife Tatyana have received Bulgarian citizenship “on merit”. Potapov has a common business for import of Russian vodka with …






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