Nikolay Banev

The Special Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against Nikolay, Evgenia and Maria Banev with the Special Criminal Court, said the press office of the Appellate Special Prosecutor's Office. They have been charged with involvement in an organized crime group, tax crimes, money laundering, and unlawful possession of a weapon.

Bulgaria has found no evidence of wrongdoing by Bulgarians in the Panama Papers affair, Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has said.

He has made clear that the National Revenue Agency (NRA) stands ready to look into any new name of a Bulgarian national that appears in media publications as involved in offshore dealings.

Only several names of Bulgarian entrepreneurs have surfaced out of the Panama Papers so far, three days after the affair emerged exposing global offshore dealings that involve politicians, celebrities and business people from around the world.