Bulgaria’s law enforcement agencies have identified during an international operation 98 money mules and 100 illegal money transfers worth a total of 2,491,827 Euros. The competent authorities prevented financial damages to the tune of over EUR 13 million, the press office of the Ministry of Interior announced.
The action took place in 26 countries from September 15 until November 30. A total of 4,031 money mules were identified. 422 people were arrested and 1,529 investigations were launched. More than 500 banks and non-bank financial institutions have helped report more than 4,900 fraudulent money transfers. According to Europol statistics, 90% of the money mules were previously involved in cybercrime.
After 17 MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF, were expelled, among them the party’s other co-chair Dzevdet Chakarov, MRF MP Ahmed Vranchev expressed, in written form, a desire to leave the Movement’s parliamentary group. DPS..
Several European liberal parties have sent a letter to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) to demand that Delyan Peevski be monitored, pointing out that he has been sanctioned for corruption by the US under the Global Magnitsky..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern flank. “Today my Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts, Mr. Atanas Zaprianov and Mr. Angel..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
Saturday will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon, and there may be brief showers in isolated places in the Eastern part of the..
“No towns or villages are at risk from the fires that have broken out around the country,” Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov, Director of the..
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