Sofia, May 25 (BTA) - The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) said
here on Tuesday that it has not issued a permission to use
special surveillance means on incumbent caretaker Prime Minister
 Stefan Yanev, nor on politicians mentioned by the media.

Last week, Democratic Bulgaria co-leader Atanas Atanassov said
that 32 political figures were being wiretapped illegally since
the start of this year, including during the campaign for the
April 4 parliamentary elections. Caretaker Interior Minister
Boyko Rashkov confirmed later that he has received information
about such wiretapping. The prosecuting magistracy acted on its
own initiative, while the national bureau in charge of
overseeing the use of special surveillance means will conduct
probes at the Interior Ministry's structures and the State
Agency for National Security to establish whether violations had
 been committed in the use of special surveillance means.

The Specialized Criminal Court said that an internal probe was
conducted on the occasion of "the insinuations made in the
public domain" that the Court had allegedly issued permission to
 use special surveillance means on politically engaged figures.

The Court noted that the annual probes conducted by the special
surveillance means control bureau have not established any
violations concerning special surveillance means authorization.
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