The broken during the DANS operation smuggling channel, for which the director of the "Customs" Agency was detained Petya Bankova, has been guarded in recent years. This is the opinion of former chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev, who appeared for questioning at the National Criminal Court today, BNR pointed out.
Geshev added that the goal was to replace the chief secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and take control of the channel.
"Otherwise, the fact that he had connections with these smugglers was already clear 2-2.5 years ago. Clearly this channel was guarded. Now only the boss of this channel will change. This is the reason to do it, but the real reason is the "Customs" Agency. and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, because the Ministry of Internal Affairs makes 30% of the result, the remaining 30 is made by "Information Service", from 30% the bought and paid vote became 90%. The funding that comes from smuggling, etc., that's the whole thing. It was clear from the beginning that Zhivko Kotsev is what he is," Geshev summarized.
On the occasion of the leaked information about possible connections of the former chief secretary Zhivko Kotsev with participants in the channel, Ivan Geshev stated: "Whether there is a smuggling channel or not is not the most important thing. The overall picture is a takeover of the Judiciary which has happened with the replacement of "Customs" so that the elections can be financed and the Chief Secretary being replaced so that the upcoming elections can be manipulated.