The Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior breached the terms of a grant agreement by using European Union money to buy SUVs from older stocks instead of new all-terrain police cars, according to an investigation closed recently by OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, the office said on February 1.
OLAF has recommended the recovery of nearly six million euro in European funds and that criminal proceedings could be considered against officials of the Interior Ministry.
The episode took place at the time that Plamen Uzunov was Interior Minister in the caretaker government appointed by President Roumen Radev and headed by Ognyan Gerdzhikov and that was in office from January to May 2017.
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Spanish authorities seize €3.5m worth of fake rum 27th January, 2021 by Phoebe French
The Spanish Civil Guard has seized over 225,000 bottles of fake rum worth €3.5 million and arrested 24 people believed to be part of an international counterfeiting ring.
In a press release, the Civil Guard announced that it had dismantled an international counterfeiting operation dedicated to importing fake rum, labelled under three different brands, into Spain.
Authorities said the fakers had achieved such “a level of perfection” that it had allowed them to evade tax controls.
The investigation began in February 2019 when the police found a consignment of rum bottles in the province of Cádiz that appeared to be fake. After analyzing the bottles, their suspicions were confirmed. They were then able to trace the bottles back to the Netherlands, from where they were shipped to different