A steady decline in crime rate since 2010 is seen in the results of an analysis of data from a national crime survey prepared by the Center for the Study of Democracy and presented in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio. Because of the fact..
Sofia police have found that drug dealers are increasingly recruiting students who sell drugs inside the schools and there are almost no dealers around the buildings. The most widely sold drugs in Sofia schools are amphetamines and marijuana. Often..
Following a signal of extortion, an organized criminal group has been detained. It had been operating at the highest levels in the fight against drug trafficking since the beginning of 2017, the spokesperson of the Chief Prosecutor, Siika Mileva,..
After yesterday’s police operation in Sofia against a criminal group, Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev, said at a press conference today that three people had been charged over beating journalist Slavi Angelov last month. The major version of..
The Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has reported that police and judicial authorities in Germany, Austria, Serbia and Bulgaria have jointly neutralized an international organized crime group involved in fraudulent trading in financial instruments,..
Bulgaria’s government is to create a national mechanism for monitoring of the fight against corruption, organized crime, judicial reform and rule of law. The measure is under the recommendation of the European Commission within the frameworks of the..
20 people have been detained in a specialized police operation against drug trafficking, which took place in Bourgas and Sofia. The operation was conducted by the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime and the prosecutor's office in Bourgas..
The Specialized Prosecutor's Office and the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime have neutralized an organized crime group specialized in computer fraud. Crypto currency equal to about 3 million USD has been "seized" in searches. Two of the..
The Specialized Prosecutor's Office in Bulgaria has announced that an organized crime group involved in drug trafficking has been arrested in a special action of the Ministry of the Interior and the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime. The gang..
According to an analysis of the Interior Ministry, quoted by the BGNES agency, the trend of decreasing number of recorded crimes in Bulgaria has been preserved. The number of crimes registered in 2016 was 97 857, while in 2015 they were 107 870. In..
