Bulgarian Police, Tax Authorities Raid Suspected Illegal Import Offices

Crime | February 28, 2009, Saturday // 00:00
Bulgaria Bulgarian Police and Tax Authorities Raid Suspected Illegal Import Offices: Bulgarian Police, Tax Authorities Raid Suspected Illegal Import Offices The Bulgarian police and tax authorities have raided a large number of suspected illegal import companies over the last week. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

40 warehouses and a large number of offices of importers of illegal Chinese and Turkish goods have been raided by Bulgaria's anti-mafia and tax authorities over the last week, Bulgarian daily newspaper 24 Chasa reported Saturday.

Allegedly the operation was also carried out with the assistance of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

The operation was intended to find out how the contraband and customs fraud networks worked in Bulgaria, according to the newspaper.

OLAF had stated on February 23 that it had found some reliable partners among the Bulgarian official organs in the last 6-8 months.

This was announced by Alessandro Butiche, the OLAF Chair's Anticorruption advisor, Wolfgang Hetzer, and the head of OLAF's "Agriculture" Department, Elizabeth Sperber, at a seminar organized by "Journalists against Corruption" Club and the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office.
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