Bulgaria Will Join an Agreement on Automated Exchange of DNA Data

The Bulgarian government approved the accession of the country to an agreement on the automated exchange of DNA data, dactyloscopic data and vehicle registration data, the press service of the cabinet announced said on 30^th of August.

The agreement will be signed by Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

The signing of the agreement is an expression of the willingness of the countries to establish police cooperation in the fight against public security threats, related to the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes as set out in the Southeast European Convention on Police Cooperation.

The competent authority for implementing the agreement on the Bulgarian party is the Ministry of the Interior.