Bulgarian politician faces embezzlement trial

Article reports that the leader of Bulgaria’s ethnic Turkish political party Ahmed Dogan will be tried September 2010 for alleged embezzlement in a case seen as a test of the judicial system’s commitment to addressing high-level corruption.

ESO: Background information: Bulgaria makes corruption pledge http://www.europeansources.info/record/bulgaria-makes-corruption-pledge/

Website: Bulgaria: Center for the Study of Democracy http://www.csd.bg/

CSD: European Programme: Organised crime http://www.csd.bg/?id=122

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