National Sec. Agency is checking 47 “Golden Passports” on a signal from the Justice Ministry – Novinite.com

State company for Nationwide Safety (SANS) is checking 47 “golden passports” on a sign from the Ministry of Justice, there are 5 circumstances of great violations. This was introduced yesterday by the Minister of Justice Nadezhda Yordanova on TV 1.

She added that the inspection is at present underway.

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The Minister commented that the sign submitted by the Motion for Rights and Freedoms on the procedures for acquiring the so-called “golden passports” was late. She added that in the summertime of final yr the caretaker Minister of Justice Prof. Yanaki Stoilov despatched a letter to SANS for 47 circumstances for which there are suspicions of violations of the regulation.

In apply, these are greater than half of all procedures that ended with the “golden passport” decree from 2013, when this authorized risk got here into pressure in our nation, she stated.

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“These are circumstances by which Bulgarian citizenship has been acquired towards allegations that the candidates have made severe investments within the nation. Nevertheless, very disturbing information have been established. For instance, investments in securities have been requested, which then rapidly change fingers. A vicious system for the switch of funds has additionally been detected “, Yordanova stated.

She reminded that the Ministry of Justice has drafted a invoice for the abolition of funding citizenship, which is anticipated to be thought of on the subsequent assembly of the Council of Ministers.

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