How BGN 54M for the Construction of Hemus Highway Ended up in a Warehouse near Blagoevgrad and Why the Perpetrators Were Never Charged

In the autumn of 2023, the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office was about to file charges against the top managers of three large road construction companies suspected of organising and running a criminal group which had appropriated BGN 54 mln. of public ...

Prosecutor Claims Investigation of Embezzlement of Public Funds Compromised; Supreme Court of Cassation and Public Prosecution Turn a Blind Eye

In November 2023, Prosecutor Ivaylo Zanev from the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office was removed from the case, publicly known as Hemusgate, just as he was about to lodge a 400-page indictment in court. Subsequently, Zanev appealed h...

ACF Alerts EPPO About Misleading Official Report on Chiren Underground Gas Storage Expansion

The Anti-Corruption Fund Foundation (ACF) has filed a report with the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in connection with an o...