Sat, May 26 2012
The Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (CDCOC) was investigating several custom officers, who allegedly took part in corruption schemes.
Almost six months ago the Interior Ministry compiled a list with the names of nearly 50 customs officers allegedly involved in cases of corruption, Darik Radio reported.
The current investigation involved officers working in Sofia's customs agency and others working at Kalotina border checkpoint, Darik reported.
At the same time three employees of Sofia Airport's customs inspection could be fined over poor performance and corruption.
The assets of nine agents are inspected. Information that these employees have presented over their work would also be examined, Darik said.
The funding is provided under the foreign military sales programme of the US army's Program Executive Office of Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
The UK nationals were arrested after throwing beer bottles at people after being refused entry to a restaurant that had closed for the night.
Restoration and development projects include Madara Horseman, Arbanassi fortress, Magura cave.
Simeon Saxe-Coburg and his spouse Margarita opened a new heating and insulation system at the Tsar Ferdinand Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases in Iskrets, a project implemented thanks to the Embassy of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Sofia and the Nando Peretti Foundation.
According to the law's provisions, the commission will have the power to investigate individuals without prior notification and would not require a criminal conviction in order to launch an investigation.