People in Power

People in Power – APIS Information System on political and public figures

“People in Power” is an APIS Information Product containing data for:

  • politically exposed persons in the Republic of Bulgaria – within the meaning of Article 36, paragraph 2 of the Measures against Money Laundering Act (MAMLA);
  • senior public office holders – within the meaning of Article 6, paragraph 1 of the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act (CCUAAFA);
  • “affiliates” – persons affiliated with the above two categories of persons, with the information about the connection being extracted from the declarations under Article 35, paragraph 1 of the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act and from the data on the beneficial owners in the Commercial Register.

The information in the product is organised by categories of positions, in accordance with the Measures against Money Laundering Act and the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act, institutions and position held.

The system provides functionality for searching by persons’ names or their identification data: PIN for natural persons or UIC/BULSTAT for legal persons – in order to check for participation by persons falling within the scope of one or both Acts.

The information in the product is based on the following sources:

  • Data from the annual declarations of the senior public office holders;
  • State Gazette – decrees, decisions and other acts concerning any appointments and/or dismissals;
  • Commercial Register and BULSTAT Register;
  • Websites of state institutions regarding biographical data about the persons.

The result from the fact check on a natural person is provided in a Personal File, containing:

  • Basic data about the person – the positions held by them since 2017 according to the declarations under the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act, as well as the changes from the State Gazette for the same period;
  • Data from the declarations under the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act – structured by type of property over the years, which allows for a quick overview of the changes in the declared data over time. There is also an option to review the published declarations;
  • Biographical data about the person.

 The result from the fact check on a legal person by company UIC is provided in a Company File, containing:

  • Participation by politically exposed or public persons – checking for ownership and/or management participation by politically exposed or public persons via automated search in the APIS Register+ Information System.
  • Affiliates – checking for ownership and/or management participation by persons affiliated with politically exposed or public persons on the basis of data from the declarations under the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Act and the Commercial Register.
  • Beneficial owners:
    • The beneficial owners entered in the Commercial Register;
    • Data on the beneficial owners with at least 25% equity interest, where there is no entry in the Commercial Register.

 

People in Power API

The product functionality has been developed using an API (Application Programming Interface) for integration of the APIS People in Power data with the user systems.

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