can’t pursue cases based on their own judgment, but must work according to Tsatsarov’s orders and instructions, otherwise they face salary reduction, disciplinary proceedings and work overload.” The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has reported that "Atanasov took a TV crew to show them trash containers at the Sofia Investigation Office filled with shredded business contracts and documents from interrogations, including the collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank, the fourth largest private lender in Bulgaria. He insisted that the documents were destroyed immediately after he gave his first interview to Bivol." In 2019, Bivol interviewed a second investigator, Radiana Abdulova, who confirmed there was a special unit at the Prosecutor's Office which whitewashes politicians and attacks critics and opponents of the government. Apartment Gate In 2019, Bivol.bg contributed to shedding light on suspicious deals of Bulgaria's political and administrative elite in the so-called Apartment Gate scandal which reached international media such as The Financial Times. Bivol.bg reported on a suspicious transaction by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Combating Corruption Anton Slavchev (jurist) who failed to declare the full price of his apartments and a glass-paneled terrace of 244 square meters. They also reported that the Chairman of the Committee for Combatting Corruption Plamen Georgiev engaged in document fraud. Following the allegations, Georgiev went on leave, so that the circumstances of the case could be verified, which, in practice, means he will be investigated by his deputy Slavchev. Georgiev resigned in July 2019, but no consequences followed for his failure to declare his property. Radio Free Europe Bulgaria reported that the girlfriend of Deputy General Prosecutor Ivan Geshev, Detelina Hancheva, with whom he has two daughters is in a business relationship with the main witness in a case in which Geshev is a prosecutor. His girlfriend has stakes in the construction sector. In August 2019, the prosecution confirmed the information was true, but refused to open an inquiry. Piracy in Bulgarian Waters In 2018, Bivol published their investigation describing how the Libiyan tanker BADR was hijacked in Bulgarian waters by suspicious private enforcement agents with forged documents. Bivol assert this is an unprecedented pirate attack in the Black Sea which was facilitated by Bulgarian institutions. Garbage Gate In 2020, Bivol broke the story of how the Italian Mafia was exporting dangerous waste to Bulgaria, thus jeopardizing the health of Bulgarian citizens. In October 2020, Bivol warned that Hristo Kovachki