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Bulgaria Prosecutors Take New Shot at 'Top Mafia Boss' [Jan 10, 2012] Bulgaria's prosecutors have raised once again drug distribution charges against Krassimir Marinov, one of the notorious brothers called the Marguins, who are believed to be the top crime bosses in the country. According to the prosecutors the drug distribution network operated from August 2009 till May 2010 in the coastal resort of Sunny Beach. It involved dozens of dealers, but only 14 of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ex PM Stanishev Escapes Court, Faces Slim Fine [Aug 17, 2011] Sergey Stanishev, Bulgaria's former prime minister and leader of the opposition Socialist Party, who was charged last year over the leak of a classified report on organized crime, should be punished with a fine, prosecutors have said. Prosecutors say the former prime minister is guilty of losing seven confidential documents, which he has received personally and has signed. The indictment was ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Consul in Bursa Faces 46 Years in Jail [Mar 02, 2011] Bulgaria's honorary consul in the Turkish city of Bursa will be charged with illegal trade in objects of historical value, local prosecutors announced after a two-month probe. Hayati Korkmaz faces a 46-year jail sentence if found guilty. Korkmaz, who moved to Turkey from Bulgaria in 1973, was detained on New Year's Eve in a police operation, which was launched in March to track down channels for ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Set to Resume Trial against Libyan Torturers [Feb 25, 2011] Sofia prosecution office should resume the trial against the Libyan officers, who tortured six Bulgarian medics and their Palestinian colleague into making confessions in a HIV trial, officials have suggested. Right after the medics' jubilant transfer to Sofia and their pardoning in the summer of 2007, Bulgaria's prosecutors made it clear that it will proceed with the lawsuit that would be ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria proposal could affect Palfreeman [Jan 22, 2011] Bulgaria's justice ministry has proposed abolishing life imprisonment without parole, which prosecutors have demanded for Australian Jock Palfreeman. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria proposal could affect Palfreeman [Jan 22, 2011] Bulgaria's justice ministry has proposed abolishing life imprisonment without parole, which prosecutors have demanded for Australian Jock Palfreeman. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria proposal could affect Palfreeman [Jan 21, 2011] Bulgaria's justice ministry has proposed abolishing life imprisonment without parole, which prosecutors have demanded for Australian Jock Palfreeman. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria charges Syrian, Pinoy captains over shipwreck [Dec 03, 2010] SOFIA - Bulgarian prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against the captains of two ships that collided in the Black Sea this week, sinking one of the vessels and leaving five crew members missing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria charges captains over Black Sea shipwreck [Dec 03, 2010] Bulgarian prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against the captains of two ships that collided in the Black Sea this week, sinking one of the vessels and leaving five crew members missing. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria indicts ex-minister on corruption [Nov 12, 2010] Prosecutors in Bulgaria have indicted a former labor minister for alleged embezzlement and abuse of power during her tenure in the previous government. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Probes Deaths of 238 Children in Care [Oct 26, 2010] Bulgaria's prosecutors have vowed to launch a thorough probe into the grisly picture of neglect at the country's state homes for mentally disabled children, where 238 kids have died since 2000. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Quizzed, Faces Charges over Classified Info Leak - Report [Oct 16, 2010] Bulgaria's prosecutors have interrogated Finance Minister Simeon Djankov and are expected to charge him in the short term with leaking classified information, according to local media reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin Quizzed, Faces Charges over Classified Info Leak - Report [Oct 14, 2010] Bulgaria's prosecutors have interrogated Finance Minister Simeon Djankov and are expected to charge him in the short term with leaking classified information, according to local media reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Unlikely Allies in Bulgaria Reveal Fatal Mental Health Neglect [Oct 05, 2010] Prosecutors and human rights lawyers have revealed a grisly picture of neglect at Bulgarian state homes for mentally disabled children, including 238 deaths since 2000. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria FinMin to be Charged over Classified Info Leak - Report [Oct 01, 2010] Bulgaria's prosecutors will raise charges against Finance Minister Simeon Djankov over accusations of leaking classified information, local media reports said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Prosecutor: We Are Not Cabinet's Legal Council [Sep 02, 2010] Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor, Boris Velchev, says prosecutors should not be expected to work on everything that gets thrown across their desks and they should not be required to establish a crime on their own. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Minister Probed over Classified Info Leak [Jul 29, 2010] Bulgaria's prosecutors have launched pre-trial proceedings against Finance Minister Simeon Djnakov over accusations of leaking classified information. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Coastal Town Ex Mayor Charged over Real Estate Scandal [Jul 21, 2010] Bulgarias prosecutors have officially raised charges against the former mayor of the Black Sea town of Primorsko in the wake of a real estate scandal, involving senior judges, which has recently shattered the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's former prime minister charged over missing state, NATO secrets [Jul 14, 2010] SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgaria's former prime minister has been charged with mishandling classified documents while in office 2005-09. Prosecutors say Sergei Stanishev allegedly failed to return seven confidential reports, including state secrets, after losing national elections a year ago. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Socialists Smell Repression in Gas Debate [Jul 02, 2010] Bulgaria's former energy minister has slammed as "political repression" the prime minister's plan to submit to prosecutors the contracts that his Socialist predecessor signed with energy giant Gazprom for the supplies of Russian natural gas. [via YahooNews] More >>