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Fighting Corruption (BORKOR in Brief)
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Despite the constant monitoring on Bulgaria within the framework of the Eur...
Perils to Parliamentary Elections in 2013
Stoycho P. Stoychev
The lack of a professional electoral administration and voter registration regu...
Using Undercover Agents in the Fight Against Organized Crime
Rada Smedovska-Toneva
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Parliament as a Factor in the Fight Against Organized Crime
27.09.2011Georgi D. Dimitrov, Rumiana Kolarova, Stoycho P. Stoychev
Over the last decade the need to effectively combat organized crime and political corruption has become the most prominent social and political issue in Bulgaria. Now we have on the agenda the following question: Is it possible for the parliament to become an effective participant in the public policy to combat organized crime and political corruption in a society where this systematic political corruption affects the very foundations of the political system? The National Assembly is able to play a significant role on several levels: setting the goals, creating the statutory provision, and performing full public scrutiny on the effectiveness of the system.
