This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski, Director. It was drafted by the GOV’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Division, under the direction of Julio Bacio Terracino, Head of Division. The report was co-ordinated by Alice Berggrun and drafted by Mike Cressey, Cameron Hall and Joydeep Sengupta, with contributions from Petra Burai, Viktoriya Minovska, Kaede Wildschut and Laura Córdoba Reyes. The report benefitted from editorial assistance and was prepared for publication by Meral Gedik.
The OECD is grateful to all public authorities in Bulgaria that supported the preparation of this report. In particular, representatives from the Commission for Anti-Corruption and the Commission for Illegal Asset Forfeiture provided invaluable clarification, co-ordination and feedback as the report was developed. We are also grateful for the input of representatives from the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior, the Interdepartmental Council for the Management of Confiscated Property, the National Revenue Agency, the Registry Agency, the Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, State Bailiffs, and state inspectors from several municipalities. The OECD is also grateful to Delegates of the Working Party of Public Integrity and Anti-Corruption (PIAC) for their review and the peers who participated in the workshop in Romania (Mr. Florin Rosu, Chief Commissioner of Police, Service for International Cooperation in the National Anti-corruption Directorate, Romania; Mr. Paul Simon, Tribunal judiciaire de Paris (Cybercrime Division), France; Major Antonio Casaluce, Guardia di Finanza, Special Currency Police Unit, Italy; Mr. Brooks Hickman, Anti-Corruption Analyst, Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD).
The OECD is also grateful to representatives from civil society, academia and the financial sector for their valuable insights and suggestions.