{"id":27705,"date":"2015-08-12T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T12:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/?p=27705"},"modified":"2016-04-26T19:21:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T19:21:04","slug":"bulgartabac-mafia-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/bulgartabac-mafia-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Bulgartabac Mafia II"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the first part of the investigation<\/a> “Bulgartabac Mafia”, we published a key document (see here vtb-livero-belom-sedona<\/a>) which shows how a deal was organized behind the State\u2019s back prior to the privatization of the tobacco holding.<\/p>\n

It was followed by a complete media silence despite the compelling nature of the published document. Even the yesterday\u2019s “fighters” against the model #WHO did not publicly raise their voice, which speaks volumes about their motivation. The only reaction so far, which can be regarded as an allegorical commentary, was a statement of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. According to him, “black money” from smuggling was shaking the government.<\/p>\n

Insightful comment. The fact is that if the “black money” in the Bulgartabac deal is proven, evidence of involvement of politicians such as Delyan Peevski, Ahmed Dogan and Borisov himself will become even more relevant. And if their involvement is proven, this will shake not only the government, but the whole pattern of looting and controlling the State \u2013 the model #WHO.<\/p>\n

So far Bivol managed to confirm the existence of offshore companies in Liechtenstein and the British Virgin Islands that were used in the scheme. The second part of the investigation goes further and proves precisely the existence of “black money” in the privatization of the tobacco holding.<\/p>\n

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The scheme of the backstage acquisition of the assets of the largest tobacco holding in Eastern Europe also reveals the financing of the call option embedded in the contract that was published by Bivol in the first part<\/a> of “Bulgartabac Mafia”.<\/p>\n

49 million euro came as a loan from VENTRACOR ESTABLISHMENT, which is allegedly controlled by Anton Shterev and Atanas Petrov AKA\u201cPeshtatsite\u201d \u2013 owners of the alcoholic beverage producer Peshtera, and 59 million came from a company controlled by the majority shareholder of the failed Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB) Tsvetan Vasilev and lawmaker Delyan Peevski – EFV INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL VENTURES. According to the latest operative information, Petrov and Shterev have been subsequently cheated and at the end eliminated from the deal, and their share has been redistributed.<\/p>\n

According to the letter of attorney Angelov to Vasilev, some sums to EFV were wired by the company TABACO EMEA TRADE LIMITED, an intermediary in the payments. This company was not to be used once the scheme was finally installed.<\/p>\n

However, significant changes occurred in the preliminary scenario as revealed by another secret document that Bivol managed to obtain (see here: EFV-Livero-TGIMiddleEast<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n