Bulgarian investigators have completed six money laundry cases so that they can now be heard in court. In case legal action gets started, these will be the first money laundry trials in Bulgaria. The news came from the chief of Bulgaria's Financial Investigation Agency, Vassil Kirov, who had approached inquest officials to start the cases.

According to Kirov, the combined value of the "washed money" was considerable.

There are seventeen other similar cases still under investigation and therefore not ready to enter the courtroom. Kirov also revealed that the financial watchdog has received three signals for money legalization schemes allegedly geared in casinos. These are the first cases of suspected money laundry in the gambling business that will be investigated in Bulgaria, he pointed out. The amounts concerned vary from EUR 10,000 to 50,000.

Kirov stressed that his agency currently does not look into the bank assets of personalities who have demanded an access to classified information as Bulgaria recently joined the confidentiality regime of NATO. The agency has agreed that the National Security Service would tackle these checks alone.