Filip Nikolov is the new head of the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint, the press center of the Customs Agency told BTA.
Nikolov heads the customs team at the Bulgarian border crossing to the Turkish border at Kapakule after a systematic internal rotation within the Customs Agency. Before being reassigned to the position, he worked at the Kalotina border crossing, the press center said. This is his second reassignment to the senior position. at the Kapitan Andreevo point after 2018.
The previous head of Captain Andreevo, Georgi Gospodinov, has been transferred to a management position in the “Port of Burgas – Center” customs post, the press center of the “Customs” Agency indicated.
According to data from the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property – REACT, the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing is in second place among the border points worldwide in the detention of counterfeit goods imitating brands of world-famous brands. The data was presented during a seminar in mid-October in Svilengrad under the auspices of REACT, where customs inspectors, Ministry of Interior officials and prosecutors were trained on how to distinguish genuine from fake products.