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First Time UK Identifies Individuals from Europe as Serious Corruption Risk - Ambassador Dixon on Recent Sanctions against Bulgarians

British Ambassador Rob Dixon (BTA Photo)

Sofia,

12.02.2023 18:52

(BTA)

"For the first time, we are identifying individuals from Europe as being at risk of serious corruption," British Ambassador to Bulgaria Robert Dixon told bTV in a Sunday inteview.

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