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Bulgaria has taken part in neutralizing international financial fraud network

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The Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has reported that police and judicial authorities in Germany, Austria, Serbia and Bulgaria have jointly neutralized an international organized crime group involved in fraudulent trading in financial instruments, corruption, cyber crime and money laundering. Three Bulgarian and one German nationals have been detained in Bulgaria, two of whom are among the alleged leaders of the group. Thousands of citizens from dozens of European and other countries have been affected by the actions of the criminal network. Investigators estimate damages from the fraud could be close to 80 million euros. The German office at Eurojust, Europol, the Prosecutor’s Office in Bamberg, the Prosecutor's Office in Austria, the Serbian Prosecutor's Office have all thanked Bulgarian authorities that participated in the operation for combating economic crime and corruption.




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