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Bulgarian officials charged in passport scam

Prosecutors in Bulgaria said on Friday they detained 20 people this week for issuing fake documents that made a number of foreigners eligible for Bulgarian citizenship and therefore access to the EU. The suspects, including senior government officials, were charged with bribery and organized crime. The statement from the Prosecution Office gave no further details at the time but later identified one of the detained as Petar Haralampiev, the head of…