Justice Minister Tsetska Tsacheva has rejected the words of Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova that the anti-corruption bill which the government is currently working on, does not meet the interests of society and that the BSP’s own bill will solve the problems in this sphere. In Minister Tsacheva’s words, the anti-corruption bill of the BSP contains […]

The former transports and roads infrastructure minister, Iurie Chirinciuc, has been sentenced to one year and four months of imprisonment in a closed prison, for influence peddling and abuse of power. The sentence was pronounced by magistrates of the Buiucani district court of Chisinau today (09.08.2017). The former transports minister was detained on 27 April, […]

Employees of the National Anti-Corruption Center conduct searches in the Center for Forensic Medicine. According to the press secretary of the NAC Angela Starinski, the operation is being conducted within the framework of the case of corruption in the structure, abuse of authority. “We confirm that we are carrying out these actions. Anticorruption prosecutors and […]

MPs from VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition for a Better Macedonia, submitted a request to the State Commission for Preventing Corruption, for their opinion regarding the parliamentary debate on the dismissal of the Attorney General, Marko Zvrlevski. “The parliamentary session debating the dismissal of the Attorney General, which started on July the 5th, is still ongoing, […]

The Judicial Inspectorate (IJ) has decided to extend its ongoing control of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) until August 25, as the activity estimated by the inspectors exceeds the real one, IJ Spokesman Alin Alexandru told AGERPRES on Tuesday. “The ongoing control at DNA has been extended under an order from the chief inspector, until […]

Controversial Bulgarian businessman Tsvetan Vassilev has hired a US law firm to help him apply to be considered under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, a law passed by US Congress that allows the government to impose sanctions in retaliation for human rights abuses and corruption, The Hill reported. Vassilev is the majority shareholder of […]

Former deputy, Iurie Bolboceanu, will be tried for treason in favor of Russia. Prosecutors have completed their criminal investigation and filed the case with the court. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Bolboceanu was recruited by the officers of the Main Intelligence Agency of the General Staff of the Russian Ministry of Defense (GRU), which is […]

Romania’s anti-corruption agency indicted the CEO of one of the country’s biggest telecom operators with money laundering, the company announced on Monday. Digi Communications informed the public in April that it was under investigation for bribery and money laundering and by mid-May it announced that CEO Serghei Bulgac as well as two executives of one of the company’s subsidiaries were suspects of bribery and money laundering, according to Romania-Insider. Digi Communications started […]

Bulgaria announced the creation of a special court to tackle high-level corruption, despite objections from campaigners who fear it could end up being used to settle political scores. The decision to set up the special court has provoked criticism, both from the union representing Bulgarian judges and from non-governmental organizations. They have pointed to what […]

The case of the former Deputy Minister of Economy has been sent to court. If found guilty, Triboi will have to serve up to six years of imprisonment and return 2.5 million lei to the state. The case of the former Deputy Minister of Economy, Valeriu Triboi, in which he is accused of abuse of […]