{"id":88,"date":"2025-06-13T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aasr-bulgaria.eu\/?p=88"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:47:29","slug":"the-bulgarian-livestock-sector-a-shocking-case-of-corruption-and-a-threat-to-the-eu-and-eurozone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aasr-bulgaria.eu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/the-bulgarian-livestock-sector-a-shocking-case-of-corruption-and-a-threat-to-the-eu-and-eurozone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bulgarian Livestock Sector: A Shocking Case of Corruption and a Threat to the EU and Eurozone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This academic article examines the alarming developments in Bulgaria\u2019s livestock sector over the past seven months, uncovering a sprawling web of corruption and systematic misappropriation of European public funds. The scandal, involving falsified documents, dubious veterinary measures, and manipulated animal counts, exposes a mafia-like network orchestrated by senior state officials and backed by key institutions such as the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Fund for Agriculture, and the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA). These actions not only jeopardize Bulgaria\u2019s economy and democracy but also pose a grave risk to the financial stability and democratic principles of the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone<\/strong>. The article underscores the urgent need for action from European institutions and citizens to prevent further damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the past seven months, Bulgaria\u2019s livestock sector has been in a state of paralysis, gripped by a scandal that lays bare a horrifying level of corruption and unscrupulous plundering of European funds. At the heart of this chaos are the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Fund for Agriculture, the BFSA, and the chairpersons of the country\u2019s largest livestock associations\u2014Dimitar Zorov, Simeon Karakolev, and Boyko Sinapov. These figures and institutions stand accused of orchestrating a criminal scheme that uses forged documents and fabricated data to siphon billions of euros in EU subsidies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most shocking examples of this fraud is the order for the euthanasia of the largest herd of small ruminants in the municipality of Velingrad, issued on November 25, 2024<\/strong>, by BFSA Director Svetlozar Patarinski. This order, based on questionable samples and tests conducted in an unaccredited laboratory, is merely the tip of the iceberg in a systematic effort to devastate Bulgarian livestock farmers and conceal financial malfeasance. Even more alarming, discrepancies in reported animal numbers and a lack of transparency point to a potential theft of over 3 billion leva (approximately \u20ac1.5 billion)<\/strong> from European taxpayers. This article aims to expose these events and warn European citizens of the threat that Bulgarian corruption poses to the EU and the Euro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are the people behind the animal genocide in Bulgaria: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Velingrad Case: Euthanasia Order and Forged Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 25, 2024<\/strong>, Svetlozar Patarinski, Director of the BFSA, issued an order for the euthanasia of the largest herd of small ruminants in Velingrad, citing alleged positive tests for Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR). Patarinski is no stranger to controversy\u2014in 2022<\/strong>, Member of Parliament Lyuben Ivanov alerted the Minister of Agriculture that Patarinski\u2019s brother, owning just two sheep, received subsidies for over 5,000 decares of pastureland<\/strong> in the Pleven region link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Procedural Violations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n