Bulgaria's Anti-Corruption Council to Present Sectoral Anti-Corruption Plans by end-October

Sectoral anti-corruption plans in the spheres of healthcare, energy, agriculture, transport, tax administration and customs authorities, are to be ready by end-October, according to a decision of the National Council for Anti-Corruption Practices announced on Wednesday.

Wednesday's meeting of the Council was closed.

The preparation of sectoral anti-corruption plans was included in the new strategy for the fight against corruption in the period 2015-2020, according to the press office of the government, as cited by investor.bg.

The completed plan for preventing corruption at Bulgaria's Interior Ministry, which was first presented on Tuesday, was discussed during Wednesday's meeting of the Council.

Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gunev presented Wednesday the measures taken by the Interior Ministry in the sphere of fighting electoral corruption, including the identification of high-risk persons and polling stations and the creation of a monitoring system.

Wednesday's meeting featured a discussion on the achievements of the special inter-departmental anti-corruption unit.
The National Council for Anti-Corruption Practices was established in May 2015 to coordinate anti-corruption policies and the implementation of the national anti-corruption strategy by pooling the resources of the prosecuting authority, the Interior Ministry and the State Agency for National Security (DANS).

The prosecuting authority announced that charges had so far been pressed against 12 magistrates, including 8 judges, 3 prosecutors, and 1 investigating magistrate, and that 161 inspections had been opened on complaints and tip-offs for offences committed by magistrates, of which 88 had been wrapped up.

The representatives of the prosecuting authority...