Chief Secretary of the InteriorMinistry, Chief Commissary Peter Todorov, conferred with the Executive Director of Europol, Catherine De Bolle, during a two-day international forum on law enforcement in Rome, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said in a press release on Wednesday.

In Rome Todorov headed the Bulgarian delegation taking part in the event which discussed ways to prevent fraud with EU funding
in member states' recovery plans.

During his meeting with De Bolle, Todorov said that the issue of  preventing fraud with EU funding is extremely important and
timely. Todorov noted Bulgaria's readiness to further develop the partnership with Europol. He also said that Bulgaria traditionally maintains a high level of information exchange with Europol. The Bulgarian official invited De Bolle to visit
Sofia. /BTA