1.0BIRDhttps://bird.bg/en/Bureau for Investigative Reporting and Datahttps://bird.bg/en/author/bird/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CdiA2bw9vy"><a href="https://bird.bg/en/bulgarian-consultants-romanian-vta-fraud/">Bulgarian consultants facilitate Romanian tax fraud on an industrial scale</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://bird.bg/en/bulgarian-consultants-romanian-vta-fraud/embed/#?secret=CdiA2bw9vy" width="600" height="338" title="“Bulgarian consultants facilitate Romanian tax fraud on an industrial scale” — BIRD" data-secret="CdiA2bw9vy" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://bird.bg/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://bird.bg/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/bg-ro-vat-1-1024x574.png600338Several financial advisors in the Bulgarian city of Ruse, on the border with Romania, help Romanian businessmen commit VAT fraud and, in some cases, siphon off funds from the European Union, of which both countries are members. OCCRP’s partner, Context, revealed the fraud after an investigation conducted in partnership with journalists from the Bulgarian platform […]