Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecutor's Office

Prosecution Charged 8 of the Detained Customs Officers at Kulata Checkpoint

Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecutor's Office pressed charges against 8 customs officers from Kulata border crossing for alleged involvement in a crime group for receiving bribes, the press office of the Appellate specialized prosecutor's office said on 15th of June in relation to the case in which a total of 23 customms officers were detained in a join operation by the Directorate for Combatting

Bulgarian Prosecuting Authority Presses Charges against Racketeering Group

Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecutor's Office has pressed charges against seven alleged participants in an organized crime group engaged in racketeering and an accomplice.

The six members of the crime group were arrested on Monday and one of them is currently serving a prison sentence.

Deputy Head of Svilengrad Customs Office Indicted

Bulgaria's Specialized Prosecutor's Office said Georgi Kostadinov, Deputy Director of Customs Office in the border town of Svilengrad, was indicted on Thursday.

Kostadinov is charged with the possession of significant quantities of drug substances with the purpose of supplying them as part of an organized criminal group, according to the Bulgarian private channel NOVA TV.