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Bulgaria's Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, informs the special Tribunal to try top criminals will eliminate some flaws of the country's judicial system. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's most dangerous criminals, ringleaders, and corrupt individuals at high-ranking positions are to receive verdicts by a special Tribunal.
The tribunal will be established in the next 12 months as part of the Bill to create separate “Anti-mafia” courts to try the cases against organized crime and corruption, Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, informs.
According to Tsvetanov, the drastic measure will finally eliminate criticism about the lengthy trial process, the low efficiency and the inadequate rules of the courts.
The current project provides for 100 judges and prosecutors from the teams probing the most serious crime groups in Bulgaria to become members of the Tribunal.
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