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For most people, natural diamonds mean just precious stones and nothing more. Luxury, glittery, a special present. Not many people know the hidden world behind producing these stones. The indifference of Romanians authorities pushes the natural diamonds polishing into world underground circuit
The privatization of Romania's oil industry has enriched the well-connected - and corrupt. Here's the case of Iosif Dan, a top advisor to Romanian President Ion Iliescu.Dan had accepted money from a petroleum company vying for a piece of the country's oil-privatization action. By Paul Cristian Radu
Bulgaria has given 1 100 619 US dollars to 3 foreign companies between September 1997 and December 2001 to lobbying for its cause in the USA, showed an investigation of Bulgarian 24 Hours Daily. By Alexenia Dimitrova

131 Bulgarians initiated legal proceedings against American Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in 2001 showed an investigation of 24 Hours Daily in the US Court’s and INS’s archives. 2001 is the last year for which INS publishes the statistics. But closed to this number are the Bulgarian court cases against INS before and after that. All of them ask for political asylum.By Alexenia Dimitrova

Lars Moller, Danis freelance journalist and investigative reporting trainer

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