US imposes global Magnitsky sanctions on three Bulgarians, dozens of entities ANI | Updated: Jun 02, 2021 20:53 IST
Washington DC [US], June 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has imposed sanctions on three Bulgarian individuals and dozens of entities linked to them in an effort to dissuade and disrupt international corruption, the Treasury Department announced on Wednesday. Today, the US Department of the Treasury s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three Bulgarian individuals for their extensive roles in corruption in Bulgaria, as well as their networks encompassing 64 entities, the Treasury Department said.
The three individuals named in the Magnitsky designations include businessman Vassil Bojkov, member of parliament Delyan Peevskiand and former State Agency for Technical Operations Deputy Chief Ilko Zhelyazkov.
SOFIA (Bulgaria), June 2 (SeeNews) - The US Treasury Department said it sanctioned on Wednesday Bulgarian businessman Vassil Bojkov, former MP Delyan Peevs
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Public Designation of Five Bulgarian Public Officials Due to Involvement in Significant Corruption
Today, we are announcing the public designation of former Bulgarian public officials Alexander Manolev, Petar Haralampiev, Krasimir Tomov, and Delyan Slavchev Peevski, as well as current Bulgarian public official Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov, due to their involvement in significant corruption. In their official capacities as Deputy Minister of the Economy, Director of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, and Chief Secretary of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, respectively, Manolev, Haralampiev, and Tomov were involved in corrupt acts that undermined the rule of law and the Bulgarian public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions and public processes, including by using their political influence and official power for personal benefit. In his capacity as a member of parliament, Peevski used Zhelyazkov, an official in the National Bu
The U.S. government has sanctioned six Bulgarian public officials and businessmen for their “extensive” roles in corruption, as well as their networks encompassing 64 entities