Start of the case against businessmen Plamen and Atanas Bobokovi. The process, which has become known as “Garbagegate”, could not start from the first time after the defense requested that the indictment be returned to the prosecutor's office. According to what was recorded in it, businessmen Plamen and Atanas Bobokovi, former Deputy Minister of the Environment Krasimir Zhivkov and three other people illegally imported and processed hazardous waste in our country.
The investigation began in 2020 by the now closed special prosecutor's office.