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According to the European Commission, Borisov will inherit a country where mobsters murder with impunity and where fraud and corruption have seeped deep into the political and legal establishment. "Killings linked with organized crime continue, and known criminals are not apprehended," the commission says in its report, released on July 21. (Read "Brussels Beats Up On Bulgaria...
...report calls for a full redraft of the country's penal code, special units to combat corruption and organized crime and constitutional amendments guaranteeing an independent judicial system. "Although indications of fraud and corruption (including collusion with organized crime) are abundant in the public domain, law-enforcement agencies seem reluctant to take the initiative to start an investigation," it says. "What is still missing is sufficient political commitment for broader initiatives which could form a more decisive, strategic approach...
...lack of political will to fight corruption. "We hope that the new government will be able to take the signal from Brussels to radically change the system," she adds. "It needs to start cleaning things up so that serious sentences can be enforced against corruption and organized crime."(Read "Europe Tries to Break Its Russian Gas Habit...
...European Commission, Bulgaria's languid efforts to clamp down on graft and crime are especially dispiriting. Although the commission's report points to piecemeal progress by the authorities, it effectively acknowledges that the carrot of E.U. accession has failed to deliver the promised results: while the scent of membership prompted loud reformist rhetoric, the momentum slipped once Bulgaria joined...
...Fighting crime was Borisov's winning campaign theme, and the Prime Minister-elect has vowed to end corruption, saying he will imprison anyone involved in embezzling funds. But as a former bodyguard with a black belt in karate, Borisov will have to use all his fighting skills if he is to defeat Bulgaria's demons and keep the country in Europe's fold...