2 000 Bulgarians Exposed as State Security Collaborators

Evtim Kostadinov (R), who heads the body in charge of the state security services files, gave a press conference on Wednesday to mark two years since the establishment of the commission. File photo by Sofia Photo Agency

A special panel, investigating Bulgaria's communist-era police files, said it has probed the past of a total of 72 000 Bulgarians since its establishment two years ago. Two thousand and twelve of them have been confirmed to be former state security agents and collaborators.

The list of Secret Services collaborators features Socialist President Georgi Parvanov, former constitutional judges, supreme magistrates, investigators, members of parliament, prominent and well-known former and current Bulgaria journalists.

The files of the former Committee for State Security are a thorny issue in Bulgaria, especially when it comes to the past of high-ranking officials.

Bulgaria's communist-era security service is believed to have remained potent after the fall of communism with the ex-operatives closely linked to the political and business establishment.

 

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