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Terrorism
The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States have led to a coordinated EU response. Until then, only seven EU countries had specific legislation on terrorism. Now, all 15 member states have such legislation, ensuring consistency on the definition of a terrorist act and the penalties and sentences which apply.
Bulgaria is party to the major international agreements in the area of fight against terrorism. The adoption of the Law on Measures against the Financing of Terrorism is an important positive step. Bulgaria has ratified the second additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and consecutive amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code in order to introduce the concepts of joint investigation teams, trans-border hot pursuit, controlled delivers, audio and videoconferences and interception of telecommunications.
As regards the fight against terrorism, Bulgaria adopted a law on measures against the financing of terrorism in February 2003. The law seeks to prevent and detect acts connected with the financing of terrorism by instituting measures such as the possibility to freeze financial assets. Amendments in order to improve the exchange of information between the Financial Intelligence Agency and the Ministry of the Interior entered into force in April 2003. In September 2003 the Council of Ministers adopted a Decision on the adoption of a list of natural persons, legal persons, groups and organizations that are subject to the measures under the Law on the Measures against the Financing of Terrorism.
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