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Bulgaria Sends 3rd Group of 'Shock' Special Ops Detainees to Italy [Aug 26, 2011] Bulgaria has extradited to Italy a third group of members of a large international ring of credit card fraudsters, who were nabbed at the beginning of July in a special police operation codenamed "Shock". The information was reported by the Bulgarian Interior Ministry's press center. The latest group includes 12 individuals accused of credit card fraud.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Hands over to Italy Another Group of Card Fraudsters [Aug 09, 2011] Bulgaria extradited to Italy on Tuesday a second batch of members of a large international ring of credit card fraudsters, who were nabbed at the beginning of July in a special police operation code-named "Shock". The group included nineteen Bulgarians, who were among the 47 suspects detained on European arrest warrants in Bulgaria last month. The news comes just days after the Bulgarian ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Sends Detainees from 'Shock' Special Ops to Italy [Jul 28, 2011] Bulgaria has transferred to Italian authorities the first group of thirteen individuals detained during the international police operation codenamed "Shock." The news was announced by the Interior Ministry's press center Thursday. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Stages Police Op Against Own Revenue Agency [Jun 15, 2011] The work computers of 26 officers from Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency unit in capital Sofia have been sealed in a police operation targeting tax fraud. "A police operation codenamed "The Untouchables" is being carried out in connection with tax evasions amounting to some BGN 21 M," revealed Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov. The operation has been carried overnight, with a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Consul in Bursa Faces 46 Years in Jail [Mar 02, 2011] Bulgaria's honorary consul in the Turkish city of Bursa will be charged with illegal trade in objects of historical value, local prosecutors announced after a two-month probe. Hayati Korkmaz faces a 46-year jail sentence if found guilty. Korkmaz, who moved to Turkey from Bulgaria in 1973, was detained on New Year's Eve in a police operation, which was launched in March to track down channels for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's 'Impudent' Charges Officially Pressed in Court [Sep 08, 2010] Bulgaria's Prosecutor's Office has pressed official charges against nine individuals arrested during the special police operation codenamed "The Impudent." [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Snubs PM's Request over Alleged 'Killer' [Jul 28, 2010] Bulgarias Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev has declared there was no way he could punish a prosecutor for making a deal with a defendant detained recently in police operation Killers. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Cop Confirms 'Killers' Link to Football Boss Murder [Jul 24, 2010] Bulgarias Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, confirmed people arrested during the latest special police operation codenamed Killers are involved in Yuri Galevs murder. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Axes Port Burgas Management over Suspected Violations [Jun 04, 2010] Bulgarias Transport Minister has fired the entire board of directors of the Black Sea Port of Burgas less than a year after it was appointed in the wake of a police operation investigating violations of the port management. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Hits Gang of "Crooks" [May 31, 2010] Bulgarian commandos have made three arrests during a special police operation, code-named The Crooks, in a neighborhood of the capital Sofia, police announced. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Arrest 4 over Crimes against Banking System [May 22, 2010] Four people have been arrested during a special police operation in Bulgarias Black Sea capital Varna on Saturday. The Bulgarian Interior Ministry reported that they are suspected of crimes against the banking system. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Crack Down on Traders of Stolen EU Cars [May 21, 2010] Bulgarias police have carried out a special police operation against an organized crime group trading with cars stolen in Austria, France, and Italy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Interior to Target 'Magistrates' in New Special Operation [May 21, 2010] Bulgarias Interior Ministry is about to launch a special police operation codenamed Magistrates targeting corrupt judges. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Cracks Down on 'Money Lenders' Gang [Apr 29, 2010] Bulgarian commandos have made four arrests during special police operation in a Vidin city neighborhood, announced Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov. [via YahooNews] More >>

New Arrests Loom for Bulgaria's 'Untouchables' [Apr 19, 2010] The high-profile police operation codenamed The Untouchables is not over and new arrests are pending, according to Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Eurovision Singer Mistakenly Arrested in Police Operation [Apr 15, 2010] Bulgarias 2009 Eurovision song contest representative Krasimir Avramov was arrested by mistake early Thursday as part of the special police operation code-named "The Untouchable. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister: 'Jellyfish' Operation Still Continues (Novinite.com) [Mar 31, 2010] Bulgarian Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has revealed that the ?jellyfish? special police operation is continuing in Bulgaria?s Black Sea capital Varna. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Police Bust Varna Council Chair in ?Jellyfish? Operation (Novinite.com) [Mar 31, 2010] The Chair of Varna municipal council, Borislav Gutsanov, has been arrested in a special police operation codenamed ?Jellyfish? in Bulgaria?s Black Sea capital. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Rightists: Octopus Brought back Turkish Politician Death Case (Novinite.com) [Feb 24, 2010] New facts and evidence emerged during the high-profile police operation condemned ?Octopus,? the member of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), Atanas Atanasov says. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Interior Minister Announces New Police Operation (Novinite.com) [Feb 21, 2010] Bulgaria?s Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, informed that a new special police operation is ongoing in the country in partnership with foreign services. [via YahooNews] More >>