ACTING PROSECUTOR GENERAL
BORISLAV BOBI SARAFOV
Education
1994
Academy of the Ministry of Interior - Sofia
1987
27 Secondary Polytechnic School "Acad. G. Karaslavov" - Sofia
Professional experience
01.11.1994 - 26.01.1996
Inspector for Administrative Activities at the General Directorate of Penitentiary Institutions
01. 02. 1996 - 18. 02. 2001
Investigator at Sofia District Investigation Service
19.02.2001 - 31.05.2001
Deputy Head of Regional Prosecutor's Office – Slivnitsa
01.06.2001 - 05.11.2006
Prosecutor at Sofia District Prosecutor's Office
06.11.2006 - 28.02.2007
Prosecutor at the Supreme Administrative Prosecutor's Office - Judicial Department
01.03.2007 - 29.06.2011
Prosecutor at the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office - Countering Organized Crime Department
30.06.2011
Head of the Specialised Prosecutor's Office of Appeal
18.01.2013
Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria
18.12.2017
Director of the National Investigation Service
15.12.2022
Second term of office as Director of the National Investigation Service
16.06.2023
Elected Acting Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria by the Prosecutors' College of the Supreme Judicial Council
Additional skills, knowledge and achievements
2002 - 27.05.2005
Completed training course under the PHARE Twinning Project "BG 0203.06" - "Strengthening the institutional capacity of the Prosecution to fight organized crime, economic crime and corruption"
07.07 - 09.07.2004
Workshop for leaders of the Prosecutor's Office under the programme "Strengthening the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria"
19.01 - 20.01.2006
Workshop on "Instruments for International Cooperation in Criminal Matters in the European Union"
04.10 - 06.10.2006
Workshop for trainers "Training of magistrates and officials under the new Criminal Procedure Code"
11.10 - 13.10.2006
International workshop "Special techniques used in the fight against organized crime and corruption"
11.06 - 15.06.2007
International Workshop on "Combating Money Laundering and Organized Crime"
14.05 - 24.05.2012
US State Department , Training on "Combating Organized Crime", held at the FBI and the Federal Prosecutor's Office
18.06 - 22.06.2012
US Drug Enforcement Administration, Training on "Money Laundering and Forfeiture of Assets Acquired from Drug Trafficking"
15.10 – 20.10.2012
Study visit to the Kingdom of Spain, National Court and the Prosecutor's Office for the fight against terrorism and organized crime
Awards
Protocol No. 30/09.10.2002 official gratitude from the Supreme Judicial Council for high professional and moral qualities
By order No. 402/20.02.2009 of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria for exceptional efforts in the fight against organized crime and a significant contribution to the positive conclusions in Fourth report of the European Commission on Cooperation and Verification Mechanism.
By order No. 678/02.03.2012 of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus for high performance in the work