“Today GERB leader Boyko Borissov and Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev blatantly lied about the reasons for Bulgaria’s inclusion on the Grey List against money laundering. This is proved by a direct quotation from the motives with which the Council of Ministers submitted the draft law on measures against the financing of terrorism to the National Assembly.” Here is what else it says:
“The explanatory memorandum to the draft law of the Council of Ministers says the following:
“On 18.05.2022, within the framework of the 63rd Plenary Meeting of the MONEYVAL Committee in Strasbourg, France, the Report on the Republic of Bulgaria of the Fifth Evaluation Round (MONEYVAL Committee Report) was adopted. The evaluation, covering the period from 01.01.2014 to 17.09.2021, is based on the International Standards for Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (FATF Recommendations [1]) of 2012 and the Methodology for Assessing Technical Compliance with the FATF Recommendations and the Effectiveness of the System for Preventing and Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (FATF Methodology) of 2013, as well as to the Procedural Rules for the Fifth Evaluation Round of the MONEYVAL Committee with regard to the prevention and combating of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF).”
As it is evident from the motives of the Council of Ministers, Bulgaria is included in the Grey List as a result of actions and mostly inactions of the Borisov 2 and Borisov 3 cabinets.
What we did during the Petkov and Denkov cabinets is evident from another quote from the Council of Ministers’ motives:
In May 2024, within the 67th Plenary Meeting of the MONEYVAL Committee, the first Follow-up Report on the progress of the Republic of Bulgaria was adopted [5], according to which Bulgaria has raised its compliance level from „Partial Compliance“ to „High Compliance“ or „Full Compliance“ with a total of 10 FATF recommendations – recommendations 2, 12, 14, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, 32 and 33. This report also shows a number of weaknesses addressed in relation to FATF Recommendations 15 and 13, while further action is required in relation to these to achieve a higher degree of compliance with FATF requirements. Following the adoption of this MONEYVAL Committee report, the remaining recommendations that have been assessed as ‘Partial Compliance’ for Bulgaria and that are relevant to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing are FATF Recommendations 13, 15, 28, 34 and 35.
It would be good, when Borissov and Minister Georgiev decide to lie, to at least read the motives written and adopted by their Council of Ministers.”
Arrested the director of the Customs in Plovdiv – suspected of patronizing a smuggling channel
