Rumyana Chenalova
Main Defendant in Bulgaria's Octopus Case Allowed to Leave Country
Alexei Petrov, a former employee of the national security agency DANS, has been allowed to travel abroad, in a court sitting on the high-profile "Octopus" case.
The trial was relaunched on Friday after having been pending for months.
Bulgaria's High-Profile Anti-Mafia Case 'Octopus' Re-Launched
The Sofia City Court has re-launched the high-profile anti-mafia case known as "Octopus."
The trail was launched after a police operation against organized crime dubbed "Octupus" conducted in February 2010 during the first term in office of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.