Special group to combat money laundering is being established

A Specialized Operational Group for the Analysis and Counteraction of Money Laundering is being established. This was decided by the outgoing government at its meeting today. The goal is to unite resources and information from the competent law enforcement structures of the Ministry of Interior, the State Agency National Security, the National Revenue Agency and the Customs Agency to combat money laundering, thus achieving comprehensive analysis and coordination in the actions of the various structures, increasing the quality of intelligence analysis, reducing the time for collecting and processing information on signals concerning money laundering, the press service of the Council of Ministers said.

The leadership of the group is entrusted to Yavor Sarafimov - former director of the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (GDBOP) and current Deputy Director of the General Directorate "National Police".


Editor: Miglena Ivanova

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