17/10/2005
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The country's tax administrators have started checking properties -- including real estate and companies -- as well as the incomes of alleged mafia bosses, their families and relatives, under a joint operation by the ministries of finance and interior. According to a report on national radio Sunday (16 October), inspectors will conduct checks on over 30 firms belonging to persons who have been linked to organised crime. (Monitor - 17/10/05; Mediapool - 16/10/05)