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The abduction of Lara Baneva, the 10-year-old daughter of suspected drug lord Evelin Banev aka Brendo, was likely not linked with her father’s trial in Italy, according to a Bulgarian prosecution official.
Bulgarian deputy Chief Prosecutor Asya Petrova refused to comment on whether a EUR 0.5 M ransom had been paid for the child.
Petrova assured reporters that the kidnappers would be captured. She said that prosecutors have some leads on the case, but did not share details.
Lara Baneva was returned unharmed late on Sunday, some 40 days after her abduction. She was dropped of late Sunday night by her abductors near a police station in the southwestern Sofia district of Buxton.
Among the hypotheses for Lara's abduction was a desire to keep her father silent regarding the activities of others during his trials.
Evelin Banev, aka Brendo, is currently held under arrest in Milan, Italy, where is being tried for the traffic of drugs, in particular cocaine; he returns to Bulgaria under custody to face similar trials in a Bulgarian court.
A man from the town of Shivachevo has been taken into custody in connection with the brutal killing of a woman in Sliven
A 46-year-old man, identified by the initials G.I., has been charged by the Sliven District Prosecutor’s Office with the murder of his mother
Bulgarian pop-folk singer Debora Ivanova has been taken into custody and formally charged after being caught driving with a blood alcohol level
Border police in Ruse have detained 16 Iraqi nationals who were discovered hidden inside a refrigerated truck
Authorities have uncovered what is believed to be the largest illegal cigarette factory ever discovered in Bulgaria
In a major operation by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Directorate for Drug Control and Investigations, Bulgarian law enforcement seized two kilograms of fentanyl
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