An exchange of accusations among Internet providers in Bulgaria triggered a new discussion on the punishment of computer-related crimes. In November 2001 Sofia press reported about a site with child pornography that could be reached through a Bulgarian provider. The site was not deleted and remained active till January 7. The scandal led to the so-called Markovski-Dinev case, which now goes to court. Veni Markovski, Internet provider chief and president of the Bulgarian Internet Society, claims that they are not in a position to scan in advance the contents of each site they provide for users. According to him the site has not been deleted because of lack of regulations on computer crimes in Bulgarian legislation. Deyan Dinev, also Internet provider chief, said companies should always delete sites with child pornography as his companies do. Some claim that something can be done even now, quoting a provision of Convention 182 and Article 159 of the Bulgarian Criminal Code. According to Justice Ministry experts, magistrates can also cite a definition in the European Council Convention on cybercrime, which Bulgaria endorsed in late November 2001.

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