Jinxed cellphone number suspended after three users die in 10 years

London, May 26 : A Bulgarian mobile operator has dumped a number after three of its users died within a decade.
The first owner of the number 0888 888 888, Vladimir Grashnov, former CEO of Bulgarian mobile phone company Mobitel which issued it, died of cancer in 2001 aged 48.
His death sparked off rumours that [...]

Key Bulgarian Mafia Bosses Revealed to Be Former Policemen

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has presented a list of top alleged mafia bosses who served in police structures in the past.
The inspection was carried out by the Information and Archives Directorate and Human Resources Directorate over recent media claims that some of the top gangsters were collaborators of the Interior Ministry.
It has been revealed that only [...]

New Suit against Bulgarian Mafia Boss Involves His Family

A brand new suit has been filed against sentenced Bulgarian crime boss Dimitar Zhelyazkov, aka Mityo Ochite, and members of his family.
The new suit is for large-scale money laundering against Zhelyazkov, his mother Stanka, his uncle Ivan, and the woman that he has been living out of wedlock Antigona.
The charges say that [...]

Bulgaria President: Mafia Bosses Still Untouchable

Bulgaria’s President has harshly criticized the popular new center-right government for its failure to impose measures to combat crime, saying the mafia bosses in the country remain untouchable.
Talking at a round table with students, President Georgi Parvanov described as “fast” and “radical” the moves that the government took in connection with [...]

Bulgaria Court Upholds 82 Years in Jail for Anti Mafia Policemen

Bulgaria’s Military Appellate Court has upheld the sentencing of five anti mafia policemen who allegedly killed 38-year-old Angel Dimitrov in the city of Blagoevgrad to eighty-two years in jail in total.
The verdict is not final and is subject to appeal at the Supreme Cassation Court.
Major Miroslav Pissov was sentenced October 2, 2008 [...]

Notorious Bulgaria Galevi Brothers, mafia bosses out of Parliament, out of Jail

The Sofia City Prosecutor, Nikolay Kokinov, announced Monday that there was no reason to put Bulgaria’s notorious Galevi brothers back in jail.
In mid-June, alleged crime bosses, Plamen Galev and Angel Hristov aka the “Galevi brothers”, walked out of jail after both were allowed to run for parliamentary seats and thus receiving immunity [...]

Liverpool’s Nikolay Mihailov has run-in with mafia godfather

Mihailov, who ended last season on loan at Steve McClaren’s FC Twente, is being shadowed round the clock by at least three minders after an acid attack on his £170,000 Ferrari sports car.
Reports in Bulgaria claim that a violent row began when local mob godfather Georgi ‘The Head’ Stoilov began dating Mihailov’s [...]

Bulgaria Alleged Mafia Boss Runs as Majority MP Candidate

Bulgaria’s alleged crime boss, Angel Hristov, is going to lead the majority ticket of the Party for Liberal Alternative and Peace PLAM (FLAME) in the city of Pernik.
The news was reported by the Bulgarian information agency BTA.
In addition to Hristov, PLAM has listed three candidates on their proportional ballot in Pernik.
Hristov is [...]

Alleged Bulgarian Mafia Boss Confirmed as Election Candidate

The Regional Electoral Commission in Kyustendil has confirmed that alleged mafia boss Plamen Galev has been registered to run in the upcoming general elections.
Galev has been confirmed as an independent candidate after the Kyustendil Commission accepted 13 266 of the 14 100 signatures collected to support his candidature.
Meanwhile the Sofia City [...]

Bulgarian Alleged Mafia Boss Says No to MP Immunity

One of the infamous Galevi brothers, who are allegedly amongst Bulgaria’s central mafia bosses and are currently in custody, has denied his run for member of parliament is an attempt to escape justice.
“Plamen Galev will demand that he is stripped from immunity should he be elected member of parliament,” his lawyer Menko [...]

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