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Bulgaria creates money-laundering taskforce as it seeks FATF delisting

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Bulgaria's government approved a specialised taskforce to coordinate efforts against money laundering, Interior Minister Daniel Mitov said. The unit will sit within the Interior Ministry's General Directorate of National Police and be led by Deputy National Police Director Yavor Serafimov; Mitov described it as one step towards removal from the FATF grey list.

The taskforce's work forms part of Bulgaria's effort to leave a listing associated with heightened money-laundering risk.

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Every organiser of gambling that needs a permit under the Gambling Act and its regulations falls within the money-laundering rules. The page shows an update date of 06.11.2026.

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