New leads in money laundering probe

SEVERAL new lines of inquiry have opened up in the IRA money laundering investigation between Ireland and Bulgaria.

Detectives in both countries will want to interview a Bulgarian diplomat named as the man who introduced Phil Flynn to Deputy Finance Minister Ilia Lingorsky in Sofia last month.

It is believed that Milen Lyutzkanov, who was named in the Bulgarian “Banker Weekly” newspaper, could help piece together the chain of contacts that ran between Ireland and Bulgaria and provide details of other individuals in the network of business acquaintances.