A US$1.9 million facility that houses a joint task force of Bulgaria’s General Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime (GDBOP) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will assist in countering drug trafficking activity in the Balkan region, according to U.S. and Bulgarian officials who participated in the building’s opening ceremony today.
Citing the successful seizures of thousands of kilograms of narcotic substances as a tangible result of the strong working relationship between the two countries, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Rumiana Bachvarova said the new joint task force headquarters building symbolizes a new beginning as well as a continuation of the exceptionally good cooperation between Bulgarian and U.S. agencies.
