{"id":68762,"date":"2020-12-12T15:29:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T12:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/?p=68762"},"modified":"2020-12-17T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T08:18:07","slug":"running-in-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/running-in-circles.html","title":{"rendered":"Running in Circles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five years ago, Bivol <a href=\"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/bulgarian-company-global-innovator-in-wiretapping.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">exposed<\/a> the operations in Bulgaria of Circle, a surveillance company that eavesdrops on calls, texts and phone locations. The firm has registered in Bulgaria as a virtual telecom operator, Circles Bulgaria, to gain access to SS7 telecoms. Its software attacks the 3G encryption by using the SS7 network to track the location of phones even while roaming and to intercept unsecured short text messages and calls.<\/p>\n<p>The business of Circles Bulgaria has prospered in recent years. The company is owned by the Cypriot company SS &#8211; Circles Solutions Limited. In 2017, it received a loan of USD 275 million from two offshore companies and a Swiss bank registered in the Cayman Islands. Its staff in Bulgaria has doubled in five years (2015 &#8211; 2020) and currently amounts to 150 people.<\/p>\n<p>The reputable interdisciplinary laboratory <a href=\"https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CitizenLab<\/a> released recently a study titled \u201cRunning in Circles, Uncovering the Clients of Cyberespionage Firm Circles\u201d. 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A check by Bivol further shows that Reitsma is a proxy of the wanted by Interpol oligarch Yuriy Ivanyushchenko,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Investigations&quot;","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\/2017\/01\/reitsma.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/reitsma.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/reitsma.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bivol.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/reitsma.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44163,"url":"https:\/\/bivol.bg\/en\/sraelis-sue-bulgaria-in-washington-after-bulgarian-court-trustees-and-companies-linked-to-influential-politicians-ruin-their-business.html","url_meta":{"origin":68762,"position":4},"title":"Israelis Sue Bulgaria in Washington after Bulgarian Court, Trustees and Companies Linked to Influential Politicians Ruin Their Business","author":"\u0415\u043a\u0438\u043f \u043d\u0430 \u0411\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044a","date":"29 December 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The owners of Vitosha Resort 2000, Moti Ramot and Rami Levy, have filed an arbitration claim against the Bulgarian State at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), part of and funded by the World Bank Group, headquartered in Washington, D.C., in the United States. 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