Bulgaria With Corruption Investigation Unit

Another step was taken by Bulgaria in her attempt to be accepted as a member of the Schengen zone. Several weeks ago, the government of Bulgaria has approved the formation of a special unit aiming to investigate the high-level corruption in the country. This comes as an answer to Brussels, which has criticized Bulgaria repeatedly through the years for failing to put in prison corrupt officials. Both Romania and Bulgaria are now hoping to make a progress in the areas that keep them from joining the travel free Schengen zone.

Until now the corruption has undermined the trust of the Bulgarians in all the public institutions and has kept low the number of the foreign investments made. According to the Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva from now on with the new corruption investigation unit being made, the approach to all residents – ordinary people and high-level officials, will be the same. The anti-corruption unit will start operating in 2016 along with the National Strategy for prevention and for combating of corruption which will be in progress in the period 2015 – 2020. The targets of the investigation of that strategy will be the prime minister and the president, various prosecutors and lawmakers, directors of large institutions, hospitals, etc. This will be another step towards Bulgaria’s accession in the Schengen zone.