Major General Paul H. Pardew will be ACF's International Advisor

Paul H. Pardew is a retired major general with 32 years of distinguished service in the US Army. He is also the son of former US ambassador to Bulgaria James W. Pardew and his wife, Kathy.
Wishing to continue his late parents’ legacy of friendship and support for democratic processes in Bulgaria, Major General (Ret.) Pardew accepted an invitation to join the board of the Anti-Corruption Fund in an advisory capacity. His experience in military procurement makes him uniquely placed to advise Bulgaria’s largest nonprofit dedicated to investigating and publicizing corruption at all levels in the country.
Major General (Ret.) Pardew made a career out of fighting corruption in the Army, one of the six branches of the United States Armed Forces. In his last assignment, he led the Army Contracting Command, the Army’s largest procurement organization of 6,000 acquisition professionals and with an annual budget of $483 million. Under his leadership, the organization managed a $500 billion portfolio of Army procurements and negotiated $9.1 billion in cost savings for fiscal year 2020 alone. In previous leadership positions related to acquisition, he drove effective oversight of contractors, contracts, and resources.
Major General (Ret.) Pardew has been deployed to combat on several occasions, and among his many decorations are the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, and Legion of Merit. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from the Virginia Military Institute, an MBA from Old Dominion University, and a master of science degree in national resource strategy from the Eisenhower School, National Defense University.
Read an interview with Major General (Ret.) Paul Pardew about his experience professionalizing procurement and rooting out corruption in the military and about his plans as an international advisor of the Anti-Corruption Fund on the site of America for Bulgaria Foundation
Press releases

ACF: Many Violations in the Operation of Buffer Parking Lot Near Ruse Border Crossing Part 2 of Game of Parking Lots Exposes Curious Family Ties and Shows How State Interference Supports a Monopoly

Game of Parking Lots: Persons Linked with Kapitan Andreevo Scandal Expand Their Reach to Bulgaria’s Northern Border

How Sanctioned Persons Are Visiting Bulgaria “on Medical Grounds” with the Foreign Ministry’s Approval

ACF: BACB Does Not Deny Hosting Talks Between TurkStream Tenderers

TurkStream Tenderers Also Held Secret Talks at Tzvetelina Borislavova’s Bank

Who and How Held Illegal Secret Negotiations with TurkStream Tenderers in 2019?

“Pelletgate”: firm linked to Delyan Dobrev received large amounts from Maritza 3 TPP for fictitious deliveries of biomass

ACF files a report to the Prosecutor's Office about cybercrimes committed during the electronic voting for members of the Supreme Judicial Council in June 2022

ACF's Annual Monitoring Report 2022: Institutions remain blind to high-level political corruption

Presentation of the ACF Annual Monitoring Report "Anti-Corruption Institutions 2022: Eyes Wide Shut"
The others for us

Purchased and controlled vote and trust in the electoral process

Anti-Corruption Fund Foundation held a meeting and discussion in Blagoevgrad

Andrey Yankulov to Fakti: The work of the Anti-Corruption Commission is shrouded in secrecy

Mario Rusinov on election technology and the purchased vote

The most important thing about anomaly-monitoring analyses is the politicians' awareness that they are taking place

Der Standard: As early as 2019, ACF has sent reports to the Financial Inspectorate and the Prosecutor's Office about irregularities at the Capitan Andreevo Check Point

Andrey Yankulov: It is strange that a deputy minister was dismissed after allegations of a BGN 200 000 bribe, and now he has been restored to the same position

Andrey Yankulov: The draft law about the Anti-Corruption Commission allows for external control over the Prosecutor's Office

Trading votes for firewood, or about the election frauds in the upcoming elections

Why do banks in Bulgaria go bankrupt? The Strasbourg Court ruling and the lessons unlearned
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Game of Parking Lots: Persons Linked with Kapitan Andreevo Scandal Expand Their Reach to Bulgaria’s Northern Border


PELLETGATE


“Pelletgate”: firm linked to Delyan Dobrev received large amounts from Maritza 3 TPP for fictitious deliveries of biomass


Analysis of the ACF: GERB and the Movement for Rights and freedom win the biggest share of votes in polling stations at risk


The Rules of Bukovlak


"Our Party - Number One": Witness account of voting instead of voters and threats on election day in Breznitsa village


"How many votes do we have for Stefcho?", new witness from Simitli municipality


"How many votes do we have for Stefcho?" Another first-hand account of flagrant violations at the polling stations in Simitli, where Stefan Apostolov won 90% of the vote

