The Sofia Court of Appeal has permanently remanded the former head of the National Customs Agency Petya Bankova and businessman Stefan Dimitrov in custody. The decision is not subject to appeal. National Customs Agency head Petya Bankova..
Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov told reporters in parliament that his predecessor Boyko Rashkov (We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria) acquainted him with Stefan Dimitrov and his father Marin Dimitrov, who stand accused of smuggling and who..
“This is an attempt to make a purely criminal case political for pre-election purposes,” said President Rumen Radev in a comment on the investigations into the National Customs Agency and the Secretary General of the Interior Ministry Zhivko Kotsev...
National Customs Agency Director General Petya Bankova has been detained for 72 hours, the Bulgarian news agency BTA has reported. Specialized police operation at National Customs Agency Outgoing prime minister suspects SANS hides..
Police officers from the State Agency for National Security (SANS) searched the offices of National Customs Agency Director General Petya Bankova and Deputy Director Lyudmil Marinov, confiscating documents and other items. After the search, Petya..
The National Customs Agency is inspecting Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, the Rosenets oil port and more than 50 tax warehouses in the country that are subject to restrictive measures due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the agency said. The available..
More than 18 million items imitating famous brands have been seized by the National Customs Agency in 2023. The volume is double that of 2022. In Varna alone nearly 400,000 counterfeit goods were seized in October and November. They were..
The National Revenue Agency and the National Customs Agency are the main authorities engaged in revenue collection. They collect taxes and excise duties that go to the state budget. The two institutions have reported record-high revenues. The..
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior and the National Customs Agency can now submit signals to the European Public Prosecutor's Office on instituted criminal proceedings. Until now, only the Supreme Prosecutor's Office of Cassation had this opportunity...
As of July 1, the price of consignments arriving to Bulgaria from non-EU countries, including the UK and China, is going up. The VAT exemption for imported consignments amounting to EUR 15 or less will be abolished as of July 1. Value added tax will..
