The Prosecution objects to the verdict under SAPARD

The analysis of the case of the draining of funds from SAPARD is continuing and the prosecution will prepare a protest against the acquittal, Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev said before the meeting of SJC on Thursday. Velchev's comment was with regard to the acquittal granted by the Sofia Appellate Court to Mario Nikolov, Lyudmil Stoykov and several others in connection with the charges that they have laundered nearly seven and a half million euro, drained under the SAPARD programme. Then, the Sofia Court of Appeal criticised the Prosecution for inaction and omissions in the indictment.

Late last month, the head of OLAF, Giovanni Kessler, expressed his dismay at the fact that the defendants in the SAPARD case were acquitted in Bulgaria, while found guilty in Germany.

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