“The Biden administration’s decision to sanction three high-profile Bulgarian power brokers landed like a bombshell in the Balkan country and has major political implications. The sanctions were the first major action Biden has taken to fight global corruption, which he has said will be a major foreign policy priority. They were also the largest-ever single action taken under the Global Magnitsky Act. Bulgaria is considered the European Union’s most corrupt member state, and former prime minister Boyko Borissov – who has dominated the Bulgarian politics for the past decade – faced protests last year over his alleged mafia ties” – Axios.