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Prosecution rejects pressure by Vasil Bozhkov, hiding in Dubai

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The Prosecutorial Board of the Supreme Judicial Council unanimously approved a declaration against a Facebook post by Vasil Bozhkov, who is currently hiding in Dubai.

The gambling boss who is under investigation for 18 crimes claims that employees of the National Revenue Agency are under pressure because of the investigation against him.

Bozhkov published photos of the prosecutor supervising the case, Angel Kanev. Prosecutors say that the illegal tracking and filming, as well as the publication of photos of a prosecutor of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office while his official duties was rude and inadmissible pressure on the magistrate and against the independence of the Prosecutor's Office.




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