{"id":29813,"date":"2016-02-29T16:47:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T16:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/?p=29813"},"modified":"2016-03-03T14:59:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T14:59:39","slug":"bulgarian-customs-chief-dies-suddenly-at-age-of-57","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/bulgarian-customs-chief-dies-suddenly-at-age-of-57.html","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarian Customs Chief Dies Suddenly at Age of 57"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulgarian Customs Chief, Vanyo Tanov, died of cardiac arrest at the age of 57. Yes, at this age cardiac incidents are not unusual. But … when a guy like Vanyo Tanov suddenly passes away, one cannot help it, but stress on the “BUT<\/strong>…”<\/p>\n

Vanyo Tanov was without doubt one of the best-informed people in the country with regard to organized crime, contraband of any kind and its channels. Former Head of the Main Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (GDBOP) and Head of the Customs Agency, he was a key figure in one of the greatest scandals after the fall of the Communist regime, commonly known as “Misho The Beer”. Its main protagonist, Mihail Mihov, also died suddenly and also of a heart attack<\/strong>. Soon after this sudden heart attack, Mihov\u2019s wife passed away as well. Thus, all important witnesses in this affair, which strongly exposed current Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as being involved in corruption practices, trading influence and abuse of power, were eliminated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Actually, not all – Tanov remained. But he kept silent and with this, he saved his leader Borisov<\/strong>. Former political party leader, Yane Yanev, who is now an adviser to the Prime Minister for the fight against corruption, at the time of the scandal loudly proclaimed an entirely opposite position and threatened with imminent dramatic developments.<\/p>\n

The moment when the Western world will finally realize that the former bodyguard (Borisov \u2013 editor\u2019s note) of Todor Zhivko (Bulgaria\u2019s Communist dictator \u2013 editor\u2019s note) is a gangster who just polished his public image, but not his ways, is approaching,” <\/em>Yanev, then-leader of the party Order, Law, Justice, commented on the death of Mihail Mihov and asked to have foreign coroners conducting the autopsy.<\/p>\n

The hint about foreign coroners directly refers to the theory that Mihail Mihov did not die from natural causes, but was killed from an induced heart attack. This is what Mihov\u2019s son wanted to tell Bivol in desperate attempts to get in touch with us that were unfortunately unsuccessful. There is no way to know whether Yane Yanev had in mind something more specific. He now degraded to a radically different position that supports the ruling “gangster”. There is a lead, based on operational information, that services close to the KGB still use the special substances developed in secret communist laboratories that cause cardiac arrest a few hours after getting into the body and without leaving traces.<\/p>\n

The scandal was buried mostly because of the silence of the Customs Head. This behavior was starkly different than Tanov\u2019s previous appearances in which he did not spare uncomfortable truths even about the most powerful people in the country.<\/p>\n

It is true that Tanov\u2019s findings were often evasive enough to not break the omerta and send someone to prison, but at least earned him the image of a principled and strong-minded person, acting in adherence to the law. However, in the case of “Misho The Beer” he didn\u2019t have the courage to send Borisov to the prosecutor. Who knows what demons prodded from Tanov\u2019s past, which is associated with the Communist Secret Services, and ordered him to remain silent<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

We will not forget Tanov\u2019s attempt to discipline Lukoil<\/strong> and force the Russian monopoly to keep in line with Bulgarian and European legislation. This clearly proved “Mission Impossible”, nevertheless he tried. This and his latest achievements in the fight against cigarette smuggling with his old foes “Bulgartabac” and “KT International” possibly won him strong enough enemies capable of mobilizing resources for his neutralization.<\/p>\n

Who will now give the answers about Bulgartabac?<\/strong><\/p>\n

But there is even more. Bivol expected to receive from Vanyo Tanov in coming days an official response under the Access to Public Information Act (APIA) on exports of cigarettes by Bulgartabac to Iraq and other countries<\/strong>. We asked really key questions that could reveal the terrible truth about one of the main sources of dirty money of Bulgaria\u2019s backstage rule with which it corrupts the entire State. And we were on the brink of receiving a reply…<\/p>\n

Bivol <\/strong>sent questions even before Bulgartabac urged on their own the Customs Agency to say whether the tobacco manufacturer officially exported cigarettes to Turkey. Naturally, this superficial PR move of the associated with shadow MP Delian Peevski cigarette maker says nothing about cigarettes exported to Iraq and Syria through Dubai, which then flood the black market in Turkey. Turkish intelligence data are clear – 50 to 70% of smuggled cigarettes sold in Turkey are produced by Bulgartabac. There is alarming information that this is part of the dirty money used to finance terrorist organizations in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

If after Tanov\u2019s death we do not get answers to our questions, we will not stop. We have experience in lawsuits. Two and a half years ago, Bivol won a lawsuit against the State institution for refusing to provide the protocol from the inspection of the Customs Agency in Mihail Mihov\u2019s brewery in Mezdra. We won at all instances and Vanyo Tanov personally declassified this protocol and gave it to us at a meeting in the Customs Agency.<\/p>\n

The protocol notes in “black and white” that the inspection was obstructed. This document exposed the Prosecutor’s Office in manipulation. The same Prosecutor\u2019s Office refused to launch criminal proceedings against Borisov on grounds that “despite the recorded phone calls they did not lead to the commitment of a crime”. Bivol\u2019s years-long battle and our patience proved that in the end there was trading of influence to stop the probe in suspected illegal activities. In other words, the Prime Minister\u2019s phone call has obstructed the inspection and led to illegal behavior of civil servants in favor of private interests – in other words – corruption “par excellence”<\/strong>. But even after this shocking fact was revealed and was confirmed by the former Deputy Chief of the Customs, Anthony Strandzev, the prosecution led by Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov did nothing. The case “Misho The Beer” was closed, or rather let simmer. As investigator Boyko Atanasov revealed, such cases may be renewed at any time by Tsatsarov\u2019s special unit for racketeering naughty politicians.<\/p>\n

This time around, however, the evidence of Bulgartabac\u2019s smuggling is such that nothing can stop exposing the crime and the retribution for this criminal traffic and the profits of the political-business underground. Yes, Tanov was a controversial person, but he adhered to the law, as we mentioned.<\/p>\n

R.I.P. Tanov, you can no longer talk, but others will speak instead of you and one day the omerta will be broken.<\/p>\n

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The procedures, however, were conducted in gross violation of the law.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Investigations"","block_context":{"text":"Investigations","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/investigations-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-2023-03-30-%D0%B2-17.40.52.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-2023-03-30-%D0%B2-17.40.52.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-2023-03-30-%D0%B2-17.40.52.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-2023-03-30-%D0%B2-17.40.52.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-2023-03-30-%D0%B2-17.40.52.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0-2023-03-30-%D0%B2-17.40.52.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16569,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/delo-mitnici-misho-birata-3-english.html","url_meta":{"origin":29813,"position":2},"title":"Why GERB and BSP Are the Same Thing","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"14 April 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0That the formerly-ruling and now opposition Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, and the Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, are just two faces of one same character is not a mantra. This is the conclusion of numerous analyzes, facts and proven circumstances. But there are also examples that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comments"","block_context":{"text":"Comments","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/comments-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19389,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/naglo-vanyo-english.html","url_meta":{"origin":29813,"position":3},"title":"THIS IS IMPUDENT VANIO! YOU ARE LYING!","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"4 September 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"On Thursday, in a live broadcast on bTV, Customs Head Vanyo Tanov, said the following regarding the notorious case \"Misho the Beer\". (The so-called \u201cMisho the Beer\u201d scandal erupted at the beginning of 2011, after recordings of phone conversations of then-Head of the Customs Agency, Vanyo Tanov (VT), leaked to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Analysis"","block_context":{"text":"Analysis","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/analysis-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Capture_2014-09-04_a_17.19.31.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Capture_2014-09-04_a_17.19.31.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Capture_2014-09-04_a_17.19.31.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19237,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/protokol-birata-tanov-mitnici-english.html","url_meta":{"origin":29813,"position":4},"title":"THE MASKS CAME DOWN: VANYO TANOV IS REINSTATED AS CUSTOMS CHIEF","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"12 August 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The masks have fallen. \"The Government of the Protest\" reinstated Vanyo Tanev as Head of the Customs Agency. This is the cop for whom it was proven that he broke the law to rescue his boss, the thug known as Buddha (codename of former Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Comments"","block_context":{"text":"Comments","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/comments-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"Capture_2013-11-12_a_13.26.09","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture_2013-11-12_a_13.26.09.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture_2013-11-12_a_13.26.09.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture_2013-11-12_a_13.26.09.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture_2013-11-12_a_13.26.09.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture_2013-11-12_a_13.26.09.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24154,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/key-documents-in-the-case-misho-the-beer-are-missing.html","url_meta":{"origin":29813,"position":5},"title":"Key Documents in the Case “Misho the Beer” Are Missing","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"8 October 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The original protocol in the case \u201cMisho the Beer\u201d shows that the Customs inspection was obstructed by the Bulbrew employee Stavreva \"We categorically state that there is no report from the inspection of the mobile group from March 13,2010\", this is the answer of the Customs Agency to the question\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Leading"","block_context":{"text":"Leading","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/category\/leading-en"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/protokol-misho-birata-original.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/protokol-misho-birata-original.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/protokol-misho-birata-original.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/protokol-misho-birata-original.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/protokol-misho-birata-original.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tanov-yordanov.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20615"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}