Bulgarian Customs Officer Caught with Over 50,000 Euros in Bribery Scandal
A customs inspector in Bulgaria has been detained following the discovery of cash totaling over 110,000 leva (around 50,000 euros) in his residence, authorities announced during a briefing by the Sofia District Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Interior.
The case came to light last Thursday at the Dragoman border checkpoint when a metal trader, importing goods from China via Turkey with all required documentation, attempted to expedite customs clearance by offering the officer a bribe of roughly 1,000 leva (about 511 euros). The inspector allegedly accepted the cash to process the documents without checking or taking samples of the metals....