The Bulgarian cabinet is applying all possible effort to deal with organized crime and corruption, but sound evidence and effective verdicts are also a must, according to US Ambassador in Sofia, James Warlick.

In a Monday interview for the TV channel bTV, the diplomat reiterated arrests need to be followed by convictions, and there is no easy solution for this dilemma. Warlik stressed once again that the majority of Bulgaria's magistrates are professional and honest, but there is still a strong need of reforms in the Supreme Judicial Council, VSS, and the judicial system as a whole.

The diplomat repeated for yet another time that Bulgaria needs to have a Bill for the confiscation of illegal assets without conviction, explaining the American example. This Bill was recently rejected by the Bulgarian Parliament.

"It is unacceptable to be seeing 25-year-old young men driving Bentleys, and having luxury vacation homes on the Black Sea coast, and, at the same time, no source of income," the Ambassador said.

When asked about his reaction to the initiative in social networks, titled "Day without Warlick," the diplomat laughed and pointed out it was part of democracy, which is a marvelous thing, adding there would be a problem if everyone in Bulgaria agreed with the American Ambassador.

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