Law Enforcement – Bulgaria Anti Corruption Institutional Framework
Investigative:
– State Agency for National Security / SANS (Държавна агенция “Национална сигурност” РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ) – click for more information
Contacts
Email: dans@dans.bg
tel. +359 2 814 70 95
General information
Established: 2008
Structure: headed by Chairman and two Deputies; Secretary General manages administrative units; Agency is divided into specialized directorates, territorial directorates, independent territorial departments and specialized administrative directorates
Competencies: to detect, prevent and neutralize threats to Bulgarian national security including the involvement of senior public officials in acts of corruption
Level of Independence
– Permanence: established by the State Agency for National Security Act.
– Appointment: Chairperson is appointed by the President Bulgaria, subject to a proposal by the Council of Ministers
– Removal: the Chairperson (or a deputy) shall be dismissed by force of a decree of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, subject to a proposal by the Council of Ministers; and a deputy Chairperson, by decision of the Council of Ministers, subject to a proposal by the Agency Chairperson.
– Financial Autonomy: budget adopted in standard procedure
– Internal Security Directorate, Ministry of Interior (Министерство на вътрешните работи) – click for more information
Contacts
tel. +359 29 825 000; Hotline: tel. +359 02 982 22 22
General information
Established: 1879
Competencies: to investigate claims of corruption against ministry employees or officers
Prosecutorial:
– Prosecutor’s Office (Прокуратура на Република България) – click for more information
Contacts
Email: press@prb.bg
tel. +359 2 986 76 71
General information
Established: 1880
Structure: consists of the Prosecutor General, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation, Prosecutors’ Offices of Appeals, Military Prosecutors’ Offices of Appeals, District Prosecutors’ Offices, Military District Prosecutors’ Offices and Regional Prosecutors’ Offices
Level of Independence
– Permanence: established 25.05.1880 by decree No. 226 of Prince Alexander I confirming the Law on the Structure of the Courts
– Appointment: Supreme Judicial Council members and the Minister of Justice propose a candidate for Prosecutor General, who is appointed by the President
– Removal: Supreme Judicial Council proposes removal of Prosecutor General to the President
– Immunity: In implementing the judicial authority the prosecutors shall not bear criminal and civil responsibility for their official actions and for the acts adjudicated by them, unless the offence committed by them is deliberate crime of general nature.
In the cases mentioned above against the prosecutors charges cannot be brought without the permission of the Supreme Judicial Council.
Prosecutors may not be detained except for a severe crime, and by a permit of the Supreme Judicial Council. Permit for detention shall not be required for found severe crime.
– Financial Autonomy: The draft budget of the judiciary is prepared in compliance with the instructions and with participation of the Supreme Judicial Council. The Supreme Judicial Council arranges the performance of the judiciary budget through the Inspectorate at the Supreme Judicial Council, the courts, the Prosecutor General and the National Institute of Justice.