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BULGARIAN POLICE ARREST ANOTHER 'CORRUPT' CUSTOMS OFFICER AT BORDER CROSSING
As part of an ongoing police operation codenamed "Border", a customs officer from the border crossing point of Lessovo, on the Turkey border, has been arrested for taking bribes, police announced on July 5 2010. According to the private Bulgarian television channel bTV, the latest officer arrested was a woman. Interior Ministry launched the police operation, codenamed "Border", in a bid to quash corrupt police practices on the Kapitan Andreevo border frontier checkpoint with Turkey, Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced on June 30 2010. The operation is being conducted by units from the Internal Police department along with the Interior Ministry and the chief directorate for combating organised crime CDCOC...
The Sofia Echo 05/07/2010
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