Chief Prosecutor: Gangsters from Bulgaria's Transition Are Becoming Extinct
Politics | December 20, 2008, Saturday
Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Velchev declared Saturday the Bulgarian transition period gangsters, or "mutri", were disappearing. Photo by Kameliya Atanassova (Sofia Photo Agency)
Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev said Saturday the gangsters from the country's hardest transition period - the so called "mutri" - were disappearing slowly but surely.
Velchev said in an interview for the Darik Radio that Bulgaria's post-socialist Transition was already over in many spheres including economy and politics, but it would only be completed when all the gangsters of this era finally become extinct.
"I agree that we do not have the required results to convince our EU partners and ourselves that Bulgaria is really successful in fighting organized crime and corruption. But I do not agree that we are not exerting efforts, and that there are no results whatsoever. This would not be a just thing to say", the Chief Prosecutor said adding that about 60 organized crime groups had been destroyed in 2009.
Velchev also pointed out that the prosecution had done its job well in any single corruption case, in which the sufficient evidence had been revealed. He added the Bulgarian society tended to resort to sarcastic comments too quickly, and to stick to negative opinions on things that most people not always understood.
He explained the noisy investigation campaign against the two notorious businessmen from Dupnitsa, the so called Galevi Brothers, was going to produce results later.
The Chief Prosecutor also said Bulgaria's legislation had many things to be improved but that the judicial system was not justified in blaming all its problems and lack of results on flawed laws.
Velchev said in an interview for the Darik Radio that Bulgaria's post-socialist Transition was already over in many spheres including economy and politics, but it would only be completed when all the gangsters of this era finally become extinct.
"I agree that we do not have the required results to convince our EU partners and ourselves that Bulgaria is really successful in fighting organized crime and corruption. But I do not agree that we are not exerting efforts, and that there are no results whatsoever. This would not be a just thing to say", the Chief Prosecutor said adding that about 60 organized crime groups had been destroyed in 2009.
Velchev also pointed out that the prosecution had done its job well in any single corruption case, in which the sufficient evidence had been revealed. He added the Bulgarian society tended to resort to sarcastic comments too quickly, and to stick to negative opinions on things that most people not always understood.
He explained the noisy investigation campaign against the two notorious businessmen from Dupnitsa, the so called Galevi Brothers, was going to produce results later.
The Chief Prosecutor also said Bulgaria's legislation had many things to be improved but that the judicial system was not justified in blaming all its problems and lack of results on flawed laws.
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