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Prosecutor’s office initiates probe into laundering of money coming from Russian citizen by bank in Bulgaria

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The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office is to initiative proceedings on its own initiative based on media information that a financial institution on the territory of Bulgaria has been used to launder money coming from a Russian citizen, the prosecutor’s office has announced.

The allegation of a possible crime was made by an MP from the 49th National Assembly. The probe will take 3 months. 



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