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News

• A workshop for the production of synthetic drugs was detected near Sofia

  Tuesday, January 25, 2005

  "The confiscated substance is of the highest value detected so far. I would like to extend special gratitude to MoI Chief Secretary, Lieutenant General Boyko Borissov for this successful operation", Minister Georgi Petkanov said.
  

• The National Prosecutors’ Office and the National Investigation Service of the Netherlands express appreciation of the excellent cooperation with Bulgarian National Service for combating organized crime

  Tuesday, January 11, 2005

  On a special press conference in NSCOC Mr. Remko van Toren – representative of the National Prosecutor's office of Netherlands and the chief of the National police in South-East Netherlands Mr. Yan Bursma expressed their appreciation and satisfaction of the useful co-operation extended by Bulgarian National service for combating organized crime in connection on a recent joint operation.

• First meeting held of the Justice and Home Affairs ministers of EU member states and candidate countries

  Saturday, October 02, 2004

  A meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs ministers of EU member states and candidate countries was held on 30 September and 1 October 2004 in the Hague, Netherlands.
  

• Exhibition "Anti-terror and Security 2004" held in Sofia

  Sunday, September 12, 2004

  The Second international specialised exhibition "Anti-terror and Security 2004" was held in the period 9-12 September 2004 in Sofia under the auspices of the president of the Republic of Bulgaria.

• Bulgaria to participate in the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

  Friday, September 10, 2004

  The Agreement between the European Community and the government of the Republic of Bulgaria concerning the participation of Bulgaria in the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) was initialled on 9 September 2004 in Brussels.

• National Drug Intelligence Unit starts working

  Thursday, September 02, 2004

  The National Drug Intelligence Unit (NDIU) became operational on 1 September 2004.

• Fake euro production was neutralized by large international operation lead by the Secretary General Boiko Borissov

  Tuesday, July 06, 2004

  Prosecutors from the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office took part in the detection of the criminal organization together with experts from EUROPOL, National Security Service, National Service for Combating Organized Crime, National Police Service, the Varna Regional Directorate of the Ministry, the regional unit for combating organized crime and also the Economical Police – Varna.

• Official parade on the occasion of Ministry’s 125th anniversary

  Monday, July 05, 2004

  Wreath laying at the Unknown Soldier monument gave the start of the celebrations on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Ministry of Interior.

• Sofia will host the Second International Conference "Euro – SouthEast"

  Thursday, June 17, 2004

  As we already announced, the 2nd International Conference on Improvement of Cooperation in Counterfeiting Producing and Distribution of Fake Means of Payment will be held in Sofia from 21 to 24 June 2004. The forum called "Euro – SouthEast" is organized by the Bavarian Crime Service in cooperation with the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior.