Alex Constantine - May 29, 2010
(AFP) SOFIA — The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has offered its support to Bulgaria in fighting crime and corruption, agency chief Leon Panetta said on a visit here Thursday.
After meeting Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Panetta pledged that the CIA would continue its "good cooperation" with Bulgaria, according to a statement from the government's press office.
Tsvetanov said the talks focused on a series of recent police operations against organised crime and corruption in the country, without providing details. ...
Earlier this month, Bulgaria accepted a prisoner from the US Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba.
Bulgaria's failure to curb organised crime and corruption and put well-known criminals and corrupt high-ranking officials behind bars has blighted its record and cost the European Union newcomer several hundred million euros (dollars) in lost aid ...
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