February 15, 2008 - Dean Peroff, lawyer for Michael Kapoustin, filed an application with the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC) for an urgent investigation into misconduct by members of the RCMP towards Mr. Kapoustin, which prompted his arrest, interrogation, torture and conviction in Bulgaria. rcmp complaint - feb 15, 2008

July 10, 2007 – Backgrounder – Human Rights and Due Process Violations – The Situation of Foreign Prisoners in Bulgaria: The Kapoustin Case. A legal analysis prepared by Kapoustin’s pro-bono defence lawyer, Dean Peroff.  (pdf file)

July 8, 2007 – Families of Hungarian Foreign Prisoners to the President and Prime Minister of Bulgaria, protesting the treatment of foreign prisoners in Bulgaria. (English translation) (pdf file)

March 2, 2007 – The Bulgarian Ambassador to the Council of Europe to the Honorable Lorna Milne, Senator and President of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association confirming that Bulgaria continues to refuse transfer of Kapoustin to Canada because money is still owing.  (pdf file)

December 11, 2006 – The Honorable Jason Kenney, Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister of Canada on the Kapoustin case to Boris Velchev, Bulgarian Prosecutor General urging Bulgaria to agree to the transfer of Kapoustin to Canada.  (pdf file)

December 11, 2006 – The Honorable Stockwell Day, Member of Parliament, Minister of Public Safety of Canada to Boris Velchev, Bulgarian Prosecutor General outlining how all Bulgaria’s conditions for transfer of Kapoustin have been met.  (pdf file)

December 11, 2006 – The Honorable Jason Kenney, Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada and Special Envoy on the Kapoustin case to the Vice-President of the European Commission advising him of the Kapoustin situation and Canada’s concern that extraneous political considerations may be blocking the transfer of Kapoustin.  (pdf file)

October 25, 2006 - Boris Velchev, Bulgarian Prosecutor General to the Minister of Justice of Canada providing reasons for refusing Canada’s second transfer of Kapoustin.   (pdf file)

October 16, 2006 - The Prime Minister of Canada to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria asking for Bulgaria’s reconsideration on its position regarding the transfer of Kapoustin to Canada.  (pdf file)

September 28, 2006 – Nick Kapoustin to Justin Peroff telling him what it’s like to not have his dad in his life and to urge Justin’s dad to never give up on his dad.  (pdf file)

April 14, 2005 – The Honorable Dan McTeague, Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Minster of Foreign Affairs to Kapoustin stating that Canada has gone above and beyond and can no longer provide assistance to Kapoustin in securing a transfer for him to Canada.  (pdf file)

June 11, 1999 – The Canadian Embassy in Bucharest to Kapoustin advising that Bulgaria has indicated its intentions to “expeditiously” consider a transfer for him to Canada contingent on the payment of any outstanding “financial obligations”.  (pdf file)

July 15, 1997 – A former Bulgarian employee of LifeChoice files a Prisoner Data Questionnaire with Amnesty International stating that Bulgaria charged and detained Kapoustin for two years without any evidence of a crime. Bulgarian officials made public statements that they cannot back up and are now embarrassed about the situation. They continue to keep Kapoustin in detention while they struggle to look for evidence. (Please note that the name and personal information about the Bulgarian employee and Kapoustin’s family has been deleted for privacy reasons.) (pdf file)

July 2, 1997 – Doornbos, Liaison Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”) for Bulgaria, based in Vienna, Austria, faxes Kirov, Police Investigator, Bulgarian National Investigative Service (“NIS”) with information on Kapoustin’s Canadian civil suits and states that he is still waiting for the “promised” written confirmation of information and “rogatory request”. (pdf file)

May 23, 1997 – Canadian Government Case Note on Kapoustin, stating that the setting of a trial date may take another two years, corruption abounds within the Bulgarian prosecutors office, that Kapoustin wanted German officials notified that he is not being tried for the offences he was extradited for and that Kapoustin wants to take his case to the European Human Rights Court and was looking for assistance from Canada. (pdf file)

October 25, 1996 – The Canadian Embassy in Bucharest to the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting copies of Kapoustin’s medical records. (pdf file)

August 23, 1996 – The Bulgarian Newspaper, The Standard, reporting that Kapoustin was on a hunger strike in Germany. The article also reports that Canada did not want to extradite Kapoustin because he did not “reak havoc there, as he did in Bulgaria. He was basically involved in sexual crimes.” (English translation of Bulgarian original) (pdf file)

August 23, 1996 – Doornbos, RCMP faxes Colonel D. Vangelov, Bulgaria’s Central Service for the Fight Against Organized Delinquency (“CSBOP”) a six page investigative report and conclusions from the Vancouver RCMP Proceeds of Crime Unit prepared by S. Sgt. Vander Graff (Acting) Office in Charge. It outlines a review of civil files involving Kapoustin in Canada. (pdf file)

August 21, 1996 – Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Government of Canada to Kapoustin’s father about the extradition process and confirming that the Interpol section of the RCMP wrote to Bulgarian police confirming that there were no records of Kapoustin being involved in sexual assaults in Canada. (pdf file)

August 14, 1996 – Doornbos, RCMP faxes Colonel D. Vangelov, CSBOP with more information about Kapoustin’s activity in Canada. (pdf file)

August 9, 1996 – The Canadian Embassy in Germany to the Government of Germany stating that it contacted Canadian and international authorities and there are no records of Kapoustin being charged with or committing a sexual offense of any kind. (pdf file)

August 1, 1996 – Article from the Bulgarian newspaper “Continent” with interviews with Georgiev, Police Investigator, NIS and Chief Prosecutor of Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office, Nestor Nestorov. The article attributes quotes to Georgiev stating that Kapoustin is a sex offender in Canada and has transferred $18M USD out of Bulgaria. (pdf file)

July 26, 1996 – The Canadian Embassy in Germany to the German Government expressing the concerns of Kapoustin’s family and asking Germany to seek assurances from Bulgaria about the validity of their legal process should Germany agree to extradite Kapoustin back to Bulgaria.  (pdf file)

April 5, 1996 – Georgiev, Police Investigator, NIS, to the Head of Bulgarian Interpol re: Kapoustin’s activities in Georgia. (English translation and Bulgarian copy of original) (pdf file)

April 1, 1996 – Doornbos, RCMP to Roumen Andreev, Deputy Director, NIS requesting if Bulgaria was able to determine the destination of the money which “Kapoustin defrauded” and stating that “there is a real possibility” that some of the funds were transferred to Canada, however, if he has no information on this “we will close our file with respect to Kapoustin and LifeChoice”.  (pdf file)

February 22, 1996 – Article in the Bulgarian “Standard” newspaper with references to Canada / Bulgaria cooperation in the investigation against Kapoustin. (English translation) (pdf file)

February 15, 1996 – Article in the Bulgarian “Standard” newspaper about Canada and Bulgaria fighting for Michael Kapoustin. (English translation) (pdf file)

February 12, 1996 – Bulgarian police issue a request for extradition to the German authorities. (English translation from German. Bulgarian translation.) (pdf file)

December 15, 1995 – Prosecutor Doichev, Main Public Prosecutor’s Office to Mr. Hristov, Head of Bulgarian Interpol demanding that a warrant for Kapoustin’s arrest and extradition be executed. (English translation and Bulgarian copy of original) (pdf file)

December 13, 1995 – Georgiev, Police Investigator, NIS to Rashkov, Head, NIS about a meeting between the RCMP and Bulgarian authorities and their “mutual interest” in Kapoustin. (pdf file)

November 30, 1995 – Georgiev, NIS requesting Bulgarian Interpol to declare for transnational search aiming at arrest and extradition of Kapoustin. (English translation and Bulgarian copy of original) (pdf file)

October 6, 1995 – Bulgarian Ministry of Interior internal report concerning the 500 complaints from “depositors” and the 200 complaints about the unlawful actions of the tax department re: the vale added tax assessment against LifeChoice. (English translation and Bulgarian copy of original) (pdf file)

September 7, 1995 – Bulgarian Prosecutor Mindova to Sofia Directorate of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior, Economic Police Sector 02, indicating that he is attaching the July 7, 1995 fax from Doornbos, RCMP (below) which contains “data for fraud” by against Kapoustin. (English translation and Bulgarian copy of original) (pdf file)

July 7, 1995 – RCMP’s Doornbos to Bulgarian Authorities establishing the case for charging Kapoustin. (Two English translations of Bulgarian translation of the original English fax, obtained by Kapoustin legal counsel in 1999) (pdf file, pdf file)