Plamen Georgiev

The sailing regatta "Cor Carolli 2020" started on August 13. This year the start of the prestigious international competition was given in the coastal city of Bourgas, and the end point is the bay in Varna.

The former head of Bulgaria's anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, has been appointed to the post of Consul General in Valencia in Spain. This is according to a decision by the Bulgarian government a week ago, reports BNT. 

The prosecutors' college in the Supreme Judicial Council on August 5 reinstated the former head of the of the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission (CCUAAFC) Plamen Georgiev to the post of prosecutor. The reinstatement was supported by all participants in the extraordinary meeting, which lasted 3 minutes, reports BNT. 

The head of Bulgaria's anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, resigned. This was announced by the Speaker of Parliament, Tsveta Karayancheva, on July 31. For the time being, there is no information about the motives.

Georgiev on April 4 took leave following the start of a check ordered by the chief prosecutor into property acquisitions by top officials, including him.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered checks into property acquisitions by the Head of the anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, the son of the National Investigation Service director Borislav Sarafov and the wife of Supreme Court of Cassation head Lozan Panov, reports BNT. 

The Anti-Corruption Commission is looking for former Finance Minister Simeon Djankov. According to Plamen Georgiev, chairman of the committee, the request towards Djankov to appear and to declare his income were unsuccessful.
 

Bulgaria has frozen assets, property and bank accounts belonging to businessman and media owner Ivo Prokopiev, who said the state was trying to silence the country's independent media.

The Bulgarian Commission for the Withdrawal of Illegal Assets, CIAF, has frozen the assets of Ivo Prokopiev, one of the founders and owners of Economedia - one of the largest media groups in the country, the publisher of the weekly newspaper Capital and news website dnevnik.bg, as well as other print and online outlets.

A record-high BGN 18.5 M in property has been confiscated on behalf of the state after it was discovered that the assets have been acquired illegally. Another BGN 13 M in property have to be ruled on by the court. Thus, the total amount will reach BGN 20 M in assets confiscated with sentences that have entered into force.

A government agency in charge of forfeiting illegal assets announced on Thursday it had filed a claim against Tsvetan Vasilev, the majority shareholder of insolvent Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank or KTB).

At a press conference, the Commission for Illegal Assets Forfeiture (CIAF) accused Vasilev of unlawfully acquiring BGN 2.2 B (EUR 1.12 B), BGN 1.4 B of them being secured.