PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES, PRIVATE GAINS: How a governmental agency created a profitable private enterprise
During the last day of the first government of Boyko Borisov, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency signed a contract with the private company P.F.C. EOOD, authorising it to collect fees for disinfection at two border crossing points between Bulgaria and Turkey. While the rationale for this unusual measure is the urgent need to protect Bulgaria from possible spread of infectious animal diseases from Turkey, the selected company lacks any capacity and experience in veterinary services and control.
ACF is questioning the legal basis for authorising a private company to carry out activities which, according to law, should be carried out by the Bulgarain Food Safety Agency, represented by specially-trained experts.
Case Brief Border Vet Control_web
Analyses
Analysis: THE WRONGFUL INVOCATION OF THE INVESTIGATIVE SECRET EXEMPTION IN ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES’ REFUSALS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION
Was there a fictitious payment bearing Karimanski’s signature: What the forensic report reveal
ACF: We have reported violations involving BGN 294 million to the PFIA — in most cases the Agency does not react or classifies the information
Parliamentary elections, November 2021: What happened at the polling stations at risk?
Some interesting facts revealed by the preferential votes
Election fraud: prevalence and impact in Bulgaria. Parliamentary Election, July 2021
Election fraud: prevalence and impact in Bulgaria. Part II - Presidential election 2016. European Parliament Election, 2019
ACF’s Annual Monitoring Report for 2020
An ACF analysis shows which political parties received the most paid and controlled votes in the last Bulgarian parliamentary election in April
Broken Legitimacy: prevalence and impact of controlled and purchased voting in Bulgaria
THE ILLUSION OF THE BULGARIAN LEGISLATOR – creating a mechanism for effective investigation of the Prosecutor General
EXERCISING CONTROL OVER THE PROSECUTION FUNCTION – THE NECESSARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
"The Eight Dwarfs" - The facts, a legal analysis, conclusions, and an appeal to the institutions
Ten questions about “The Eight Dwarfs” that remain unanswered
Annual monitoring report on investigations of high-level corruption "Anti-corruption institutions: activity without visible results."
MOTOR VEHICLE SEIZURE IN TRAFFIC CRIMES WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS
IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS WITH PROSECUTION PROCEEDINGS DURING ТHE STATE OF EMERGENCY
PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES, PRIVATE GAINS: How a governmental agency created a profitable private enterprise
FEAST IN TIMES OF PLAGUE: How the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency gave away millions for animal carcass disposal
Crony Capitalism and political influence threaten energy security in Bulgaria: How two Bulgarian politicians became key players in the energy sector
Apartmentgate: the property deals of senior public officials
From Pazardzhik To Prague: Ginka Varbakova and the multilevel clientelism and corruption in the energy sector
Anticorruption Institutions: Trends and Practice
10 YEARS OF EU MEMBERSHIP: WEAK INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL CORRUPTION STILL PERSIST
