Bulgaria's prime minister has threatened to recall the recently appointed general consul in Thessaloniki Petko Sertov, former director of the Bulgarian State National Security Agency (DANS), dubbed the country's FBI.

Boyko Borisov's statement came in the wake of a year-old top secret report by the National Security Agency (DANS), shedding light on the influence of criminal organisations within certain ministries and state agencies, which leaked over the weekend and ended up published online on Monday evening.

Borisov insisted that the prosecutor's office raise charges against all key figures, whose names are implicated in the report – shady consultant Stefan Gamizov, Alexey Petrov, former commander of the special anti-terrorist police unit, and Petko Sertov himself.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced on Saturday that he had received the report from Alexey Petrov, who also used to advise Petko Sertov.

According to Borisov, the report, written a year ago, was labeled as the copy sent to the prime minister. How it ended up with Petrov is unclear.

Under security protocols, all copies of confidential reports are to be returned to the security agency. Borisov said he has ordered experts to first determine whether the report is genuine.

If so, this will put Borisov's predecessor, Sergey Stanishev, leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, in direct violation of the law.

Borisov hinted that Stanishev was probably blackmailed by people mentioned in the report, which was why it didn't come back to the security agency.

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