Analyst, Security Program

Email Mariyan Sabev at: mariyan.sabev(at)csd(dot)bg ll Hi-res Photo 

Education

BA in International and European Law, The Hague University

Biography

Mr. Sabev works on key projects of the Security Programme of the Centre for Study of Democracy in the field of home affairs, organised crime and criminal markets. Since joining the Center for the Study of Democracy in the beginning of 2018, he has worked on projects, funded by DG-HOME and OLAF.

Before joining CSD, Mariyan worked as a consultant at one of the leading companies on the market, providing his expertise in managing projects financed under the EU structural and investment funds. During 2011-2012 he served as an assistant prosecutor at the International legal cooperation department of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Bulgaria.

Research Focus

Drugs and drugs addiction, illicit trade of tobacco products, investment fraud, civil forfeiture and migration

Selected publications

CSD Policy Brief No. 76: The Management of Frozen and Forfeited Assets in Bulgaria: Challenges and (Missed) Opportunities in the Context of Evolving Legislation, 2018

Responsibility to Protect and the Right of Humanitarian Intervention, Academy of Governance, Law and Security, 2011, The Hague University

The Palestinian Bid for Statehood: Implications for the Perspective on the Law of the States

Languages

English, German, Dutch