Specialized Prosecutor's Office

Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev informed Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva of intelligence-gathering activities by a Russian diplomat on the territory of Bulgaria. The prosecutor's office had evidence to prove it, the public prosecutor's office said.

There's been a decline in phone scams, but we're not stopping working. Today we will give details about another group of phone scammers who also acted on the territory of Romania, said at a briefing prosecutor Valentina Madzharova, acting administrative head of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office.

The main thing is to see from the report that there are witnesses, even though the material evidence was destroyed, Serbian Assembly Committee on Kosovo and Metohija Chair, Milovan Drecun, told Sputnik.

Deputy Minister of Environment and Water Krassimir Zhivkov was taken for questioning, BGNES reports. 

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. 

Mayor of the North Region of Plovdiv, Ralio Ralev, has been detained for investigation of corruption offenses as well as suspicions of misappropriation of public procurement. That's what NOVA learned from sources close to the investigation. There are other arrests on unconfirmed information.

The wife of Vetko Arabadzhiev - Marinella, will be extradited to Bulgaria on May 30th, NOVA writes.

She is currently in Spain.

The Specialized Prosecutor's Office, the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and the ODIHR-Vidin, with the support of the Gendarmerie Directorate at the Ministry of Interior, are investigating an organized crime group for human trafficking for begging (mainly in the Kingdom of Sweden) and money laundering.

A record number of weapons and ammunition were found in a garage in the Reduta district, NOVA reported. They were found in a GDBOP action and the Specialized Prosecutor's Office. Some of the machine guns were found in the village of Gabarevo, Municipality of Pavel Banya. Drugs were also found in the operation. One person has been arrested on the case, detained on November 30, Darik learned.

Dimitar Zhelyazkov - "The Eyes" was arrested last night in Istanbul. The Turkish authorities have notified the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior and followed a procedure for extradition. This was announced by the spokesperson of the Chief Prosecutor Rumyana Arnaudova.