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 »
May 02 2008
In many countries, a tradition has developed of the media allowing new governments and new ministers a “honeymoon” period of grace. With newly-appointed Interior Minister Mihail Mikov, the mutual gaze between minister and media may prove to be more harsh than rosy, given his extraordinary statement that there is no mafia in Bulgaria. Continue Reading »
Apr 26 2008
Bulgaria’s newly appointed Interior Minister Mihail Mikov said Saturday there was definitely no mafia in Bulgaria. Continue Reading »
Apr 14 2008
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Rumen Petkov has resigned amid increasing criticism of the Government over its failure to combat organised crime. Continue Reading »
Apr 13 2008
Sofia — ON the day he died Georgi Stoev, the author, knew he did not have long to live. “Something’s going to happen,” he told his lawyer as he left a cafe in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, shortly after midday last Monday. Continue Reading »
Apr 07 2008
Georgy Stoev who wrote books telling about the underground world in Bulgaria was shot in front of Pliska Hotel in Bulgaria’s capital. Continue Reading »
Sep 14 2007
A SALES war among a proliferation of rifle ranges in Bulgaria is attracting increasing numbers of Irish criminal gangs for target practice, as reported in yesterday’s Irish Examiner.
Six members of a notorious Limerick gang which travelled to the Bulgarian city of Varna were robbed of all their money when they were held at gun point by members of the Bulgarian mafia. Continue Reading »
Jul 19 2007
Sofia - The head of the Bulgarian police authority responsible for the combatting of organized crime, Vanyo Tanov, on Thursday resigned in protest at a “political smokescreen” that had been erected to hide the country’s shadow economy. The authority had reached its limits in its fight against corruption in the “higher echelons of power,” Tanov was quoted as saying by Bulgarian media. Continue Reading »
Jun 05 2007
Sofia. Uncovered crimes in 2006 have decreased twice compared to previous years. At the same time the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Interior have been currently investigating 15 criminal bosses. Continue Reading »
May 29 2007
Crimes, weapon trafficking, corruption, drug and human trafficking still exist in Bulgaria after its NATO accession in 2004 and European Union accession in 2007.
Romania’s Evenimentul Zilei commented on the situation in Romania and Bulgaria after their EU accession. Continue Reading »
