FILE PHOTO: Bulgarian bussinesman Vasil Bozhkov attends a news conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Desislava Komarova/File Photo
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Britain on Friday sanctioned eight Bulgarians for alleged corruption, including the country’s wealthiest man and a former minister who allegedly profited illegally from deals involving Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant and Russian energy firms.
The coordinated actions were aimed at countering “systemic corruption ... that resulted in illicit personal gain, undermined the country’s democratic institutions, and perpetuated its corrosive dependence on Russian energy sources,” the U.S. Treasury said in a statement.
