Jan
20
2009
The Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Jacques Barrot is on an official visit to Bulgaria Tuesday, the Bulgarian information agencies report. Continue Reading »
Nov
26
2008
The Bulgarian mafia was involved in the illegal drugs business and in murders for hire. The illegal drugs were sold in the clubs controlled by the Bulgarians. Continue Reading »
Oct
16
2008
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Politics is played to the death in Bulgaria, where the lives of politicians can be as cheap as spent bullets and murky business groups wage a murderous struggle for their cut of everything from real estate deals to millions in European aid. Continue Reading »
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Sep
25
2008
Ognyan Stefanov, 54, was attacked by four men who broke his arms and legs as he left a restaurant in the capital on Monday.
Dozens of Bulgarian journalists protested in central Sofia on Thursday to demand a crackdown on organised crime after an editor was injured in an assault described by parliament as an attack on freedom of speech. Continue Reading »
Jul
07
2008
Bulgaria’s Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime in cooperation with the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office carried out an inspection Monday morning in the office of the SAPARD Executive Agency at the State Agriculture Fund. Continue Reading »
May
30
2008
The Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (SANS) has uncovered an organized crime group acting in Bulgaria and composed of residents of the former Soviet Union. Continue Reading »