I am the first victim of the new KONPI, but I will not surrender, the director of the “Customs“ Agency told the media. Petya Bankova after an action by the State Agency "National Security" and the Anti-Corruption Commission, BTA reported.
She did not specify whether she was detained and together with her lawyer got into a vehicle of the Ministry of the Interior.
Her lawyer Adelina Natina stated that Bankova's home and her office were searched as part of an emergency action. Searches and seizures are also carried out in the office of her deputy Ludmil Marinov.
According to the lawyer, the prosecutor's office has not yet been notified of what is happening.
Her lawyer Adelina Natina stated that Bankova's home and her office were searched as part of an emergency action. Searches and seizures are also carried out in the office of her deputy Ludmil Marinov. Natina added that Bankova will probably be questioned, but she does not know whether she will be charged, as well as the reasons for the actions of the law enforcement authorities.
According to the lawyer, the prosecutor's office has not yet been notified of what is happening. Natina specified that pre-trial proceedings were initiated with the first steps in the investigation.
Bankova and Marinov are former employees of DANS, added lawyer Natina, noting that her client has a bad relationship with DANS chairman Plamen Tonchev. The lawyer also explained that notes were seized from Bankova's office regarding smuggling channels, for which she is working on how to break them, as well as her office computer.
I want to stop smuggling, which is currently hindering the entire country, said Petya Bankova, admitting that it is likely that what is happening is related to politics and her work.
When asked if the actions against her were related to the smuggling channels of Nikolay Nikolov-Paskal Bankova answered that she did not know him.