Crime

Bulgarian Park Worker Plunders Rare Flower

The rare Edelweiss flower has been wept out of a Bulgarian park, media revealed Tuesday. At the plundered national park "Central Balkan" guards have caught a worker red-handed, the state radio BNR revealed.

Crime | August 1, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1340

Bulgarian Girl Raped by Acquaintances

Two Bulgarians raped 22-year-old university student from the Black Sea coastal city of Varna, South-eastern Bulgaria late on Monday, police said. The criminals, jobless R.

Crime | August 1, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1998

Two Criminal Groups Robbed Bulgaria of BGN 25 M

The general department for combating organised crime has busted two organised criminal groups, which have caused a damage of some BGN 25 M to Bulgaria. The groups have laundered money by siphoning value-added tax (VAT) and bank transfers for fake imports

Crime | August 1, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2077

Bulgarian Killer Policemen Face Heavy Punishment

The man, who was killed by two policemen in an apparent random shooting, was a father of three children, it emerged at a press conference on Tuesday.

Crime | August 1, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1181

Bulgarian Policemen Kill Man in Random Shooting

Two sergeants from the police of the town of Velingrad killed a man after an apparent random shooting in what they believed was a deserted area. The two policemen, who were nearby a mountain hostel, fired a bullet at a concrete pillar to check whether th

Crime | August 1, 2006, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1258

Bulgaria Busts USD 2 M Worth of Drugs

A vast quantity of synthetic drug was found during a joint operation of the police and the national service for combating organized crime, officials reported. Two Bulgarians, aged 30 and 38, from Sofia, and a 53-year-old Turkish citizen were arrested for

Crime | July 31, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 765

"Bomb" Scares Bulgarian Statisticians

A bomb alert has triggered the evacuation of Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute, Darik News reported on Monday. The phone call was received at around 9 a.

Crime | July 31, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 942

Bulgaria Prevents Murder of Businessman

The planned execution of a Bulgarian businessman was prevented by the special services of the National Police, an official report said Monday, cited by Darik News. The special service was informed at the end of March that 44-year-old criminal G.

Crime | July 31, 2006, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1195

Bulgarian Fined for Disrupting Anti-Mosque Sign-up

A Bulgarian man has been fined for hooliganism because he disrupted a nationalist sign-up against the loudspeakers placed on the mosque in the Danube city of Ruse.

Crime | July 30, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3898

Bulgaria Probes Officer for Sexual Harassment

Bulgaria's military prosecution has launched an investigation into the claims of four women who say they have been sexually harassed by the deputy chief of Kazanlak mechanized brigade. Plamen Ganchev, 46, harassed the female privates for more than six mo

Crime | July 30, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1134

Abandoned Ancient Chariots Found in Bulgaria

Bulgarian police have discovered three ancient chariots and two ornaments tossed in an abandoned vine-field close to the central city of Stara Zagora. The artefacts were found meters away from a mount and archaeologists believe they date back to the II o

Crime | July 30, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 7899

Bulgarian Police Bust Rapist

Bulgarian police officers managed to apprehend a man from the central city of Plovdiv, just an hour after he had raped an eighteen-year-old girl, Darik News reported. Police were tipped off about eight in the evening on Saturday about a girl who had been

Crime | July 30, 2006, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1001

Another Bulgarian Officer Accused of Sexual Harassment

A Bulgarian officer has been accused of sexual harassment by three ladies, who serve in the Kazanlak mechanized brigade. An anonymous source, claiming to be the father of one of the women, tipped off Trud daily newspaper, saying that the accused was the

Crime | July 29, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 813

Pimping Bulgarian Women Busted in Belgium

Police in Belgium have apprehended four Bulgarian women who were in charge of a prostitution and women-trafficking gang, local media reported. A total of six people were apprehended for trafficking Eastern European women, who were mainly from Bulgaria, a

Crime | July 29, 2006, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1174

Bulgaria Keeps Child Pimp under Arrest

A court in Sofia has left a man under arrest for operating a child sex website, media reported Friday. Philip Anguelov was arrested for offering children to paedophiles on his website.

Crime | July 28, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1056

Border Officer Busted with Drugs in Bulgaria

Police have arrested a border officer from the city of Petrich at the border with Greece, as the man was buying drugs.

Crime | July 28, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 846

Greece Charges Children with Boy Murder

Five boys aged 11 to 13 are suspected of killing a Georgian immigrant boy in Greece, according to world media. Two of the young suspects are Greek, two are Albanian and one is Romanian.

Crime | July 28, 2006, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 5432

Drunken Poles Toss Dog out the Window, Hit Pedestrian

A drunken Polish family have thrown out the window their Saint Bernard dog, injuring a passer-by, reports say. The married couple were quite intoxicated when, for some reason, they decided to test the flying skills of their 50-kilos dog, tossing it out t

Crime | July 27, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1450

Bulgarian Victims in Romanian Crash Identified

The two Bulgarians that died in a car accident near the Romania - Hungary border earlier on Thursday have been identified, the Foreign Ministry announced without disclosing the full names.

Crime | July 27, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 841

Bulgaria Busts 4 of Intl Forging Gang

Bulgaria's police, together with Germany's crime-fighters have arrested four members of an international gang of forgers, reports say. German media reported that police in Bulgaria raided the lairs of gang members in several towns of the city as early as

Crime | July 27, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 913

Spanish Tourist Robs Bulgarian at Sunny Beach

A Spaniard, who had come to Bulgaria's seaside as a tourist, robbed a Bulgarian woman at the southern Sunny Beach resort.

Crime | July 27, 2006, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1078
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