Bulgaria Police: 'Jellyfish' Operation Smashes 20-Year Corruption Scheme

Varna City Council head Gutsanov is pictured here as he was being taken out of his home by the police around 1 pm on Wednesday. Gutsanov was detained in the morning in the Jellyfish Operation but was kept inside his house for several hours. Photo by BGNES

Bulgarian Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has revealed that the ‘jellyfish’ special police operation is continuing in Bulgaria’s Black Sea capital Varna.

Tsvetanov said Wednesday that all of the invoices, documents and computer programs related to the purchase of second-hand buses in the Varna region are being checked.

He added that the amount budgeted in the Municipal Council for the purchase of these buses far exceeded the actual amount paid to companies in France and Germany.

Tsvetanov continued that the corrupt scheme has lasted up to 20 years and he also said there is a well-known link between the Chair of Varna municipal council, Borislav Gutsanov, and businessman Daniel Slavov aka Dido Dunkata, who were both arrested and charged early Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, Gutsanov’s children are reported to still be in shock after armed police raided their family home on Wednesday morning at 06:30.

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