The Bulgarian media outlets BTA and PIK reported the information.According to Miroslav Rashkov, the acting secretary general of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, the operation is being conducted in several regions under the supervision of the National Investigative Service. Searches are being carried out at addresses in the capital, Sofia, and a number of other cities.He specified that there have not yet been any detentions as part of these searches.According to PIK, the searches are being conducted in response to a request for legal assistance from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, which is investigating price inflation in the supply of weaponry to Ukraine. A Bulgarian arms company is suspected of circumventing sanctions and trading with Russia.Sage Consultants AD, the arms company under investigation, belongs to Bulgarian businessmen Gencho Hristov and Hristo Hristov. The latter became quite well-known in Bulgaria when, in 2019, he purchased a villa in Beverly Hills, U.S., for $34.6 million.