Borissov: The role of MoI is to deal with organized crime

The role of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Bulgaria is to deal with organized crime, said Prime Minister Boyko Borissov after the meeting with Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol, yesterday. Wainwright visited Bulgaria with two of his colleagues in relation to the latest operation for disclosure of producers of counterfeit euro bank-notes.

The Prime Minister made this conclusion after reminding that the same counterfeiters were detained in 2003 as well. "How could I explain to Mr. Wainwright that this criminal group, which is among the most dangerous ones in Europe, received a 3-year probational sentence with a probation period of only 5 years and that they even received their machine for money printing back," said Borissov rhetorically. Therefore, during the meeting with Wainwright, he only metaphorically explained the situation in the country.

The Director of Europol pointed out that in most European countries "one would be sent to prison for a long period of time" for such a serious crime. However, he said further that he was not in the position to comment on the judiciary.

Prime Minister Borissov, Wainwright and Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov shared the opinion that "the Bulgarian forgers of euro are among the most skilful in Europe." The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that Bulgarians were "perhaps the best producers of the €500 bank-notes", which were Europe's more serious concern. Tsvetanov reminded some of the raids of the Ministry of Interior – those in the cities of Varna and Plovdiv and in the towns of Shumen and Haskovo – where the police seized a total of 200,000 bank-notes of € 500.

The Director of Europol described the police raid as "another successful operation” against “a gang of dangerous criminals." He admitted that most European countries faced problems with organized crime because its structures had become more and more elaborate.

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