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Prime Minister Boyko Borissov
The President of the Government, Boyko Borissov, has given explanations in relation to the file of a house in Barcelona. This is clear from the responses of the state prosecutor’s office to the LIBE group in the European Parliament.
The deputies asked what was being done in Bulgaria about the information published in the Spanish media about an ongoing investigation, which allegedly linked Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to a money laundering plan in Barcelona and the ownership of a house where a former model lives. . LIBE’s question is whether the Bulgarian prosecutor’s office is working on this case and at what stage the investigation is at.
The prosecution informed them that the supervising prosecutor in this case has carried out a series of actions to verify the declared circumstances and clarify the reality.
Explanations were taken from the people indicated on the sign, including the Prime Minister, tax audits and inspections from the National Revenue Agency were assigned.
Some of the results from the various competent Bulgarian institutions were still awaited.
In relation to the inspection, there was a need to request information from the judicial authorities in Spain, so the order of the supervising prosecutor of March 4 instructed the Directorate of International Operational Cooperation of the Ministry of the Interior to request information from the investigating authorities Spanish. the data published in the article in the newspaper El Periódico.
Meanwhile, a new article was added to the file of the Spanish newspaper El Periódico on the sale of the house mentioned in the alert in Spain.
On July 10, the Ministry of the Interior received a letter with information about the investigation in Spain. He clarified that it was led by the Autonomous Police of Catalonia and the Special Prosecutor’s Office against Corruption and Organized Crime of Barcelona.
The investigation was classified as “confidential”, which is why the information requested by Bulgaria could only be provided through contact between the supervising prosecutors.
Therefore, a new request was made to provide the names of the supervising prosecutor in the case in Bulgaria and the contact details. The information requested was provided to the competent authorities in Spain by letter dated July 22 from the prosecutor supervising the case to the Special Prosecutor’s Office.
Despite the contact details provided and the long time that has elapsed, the judiciary in Spain has not yet contacted the Bulgarian institutions.
“The investigation of the case has not finished, and in this sense it is necessary to wait for the results of the audits assigned to natural and legal persons, as well as the information requested by the competent authorities in Spain,” our Office of the Prosecutor told MEPs.
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