Bulgarian arms exports investigated
Article Abstract:
The scandal of a military equipment maintenance company that allegedly exported transmission parts for Soviet-made armored personnel carriers to Syria, has led the Bulgarian authorities to launch an investigation into suspected illegal arms exports. It was found that the authorities arrested six officials alleged in involvement in the deal, and appointed a team of US experts to investigate the case and also proposed to tighten arms trade control.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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Bulgarian arms exports investigated
Article Abstract:
The scandal of a military equipment maintenance company that allegedly exported transmission parts for Soviet-made armored personnel carriers to Syria, has led the Bulgarian authorities to launch an investigation into suspected illegal arms exports. It was found that the authorities arrested six officials alleged in involvement in the deal, and appointed a team of US experts to investigate the case and also proposed to tighten arms trade control.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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Crossbroder Balkan crime
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Bulgaria has appointed a conference, 'The Economy of Crime: Grey Sector, Trafficking, Corruption', to examine the growth of crossborder crime and related corruption in southeast Europe in Sofia in November 2002. This conference has assessed the ways in which the Yugoslav wars throughout the 1990s promoted the development of regional criminal networks and are taking efforts for curbing crossborder crime.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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