Crime in Varna

Crime in Varna

As in other Bulgarian cities, some sectors of the economy, including gambling, corporate security, tourism, real estate, and professional sports, are believed to be controlled in part by business groups with links to Communist-era secret services or the military; the TIM group[1] is one example.[2][3]

In 2003, Iliya Pavlov, chairman of MG Holding (former Multigroup), owner of the St. Elias resort at Constantine and Helena and president of PFC Cherno more, was shot down in Sofia,[4] as was Emil Kyulev, chairman of DZI Financial Group and owner of the stylish Holiday Club Riviera resort at Golden Sands,[5] in 2005. The perpetrators are still unknown. Varna has also seen gangland- (mutri-) style bombings, and is believed to be a hangout for Russian and Chechen mafias.[6]

However, it is noted that in Varna, the mutri presence is by no means as visible as it is in smaller coastal towns and resorts. Over the last couple of years, crime has subsided, which is said to have contributed to Varna's naming as Bulgaria's Best City to Live In (2007);[7] in 2007, the regional police chief was promoted to the helm of the national police service.

In January 2009, the Financial Times said that "communism [was] followed [by] a gritty transition period, including shootings of local mobsters in crowded seaside cafés. But, according to residents, a group of ex-Bulgarian marines nicknamed the Varna Seals eventually managed to expel members of the Russian, Chechen, Ukrainian and Georgian mafias vying for control of the port and the city's underground economy. And today 'you can stroll around the centre late at night without problems.'"[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ascent of Bulgarian TIM". Capital.bg. Archived from the original on December 10, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071210210755/http://www.capital.bg/weekly/03-02/11-2.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
  2. ^ Former Secret Services Control the Bulgarian Economy (Бившите тайни служби контролират българската икономика, Mediapool, in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2007-04-11
  3. ^ Editor-in-chief of Varna daily brutally assaulted (Bulgarian Helsinki Committee). Retrieved 2007-02-10
  4. ^ Bullet for a Billionaire (Sofia Echo). Retrieved 2007-02-10
  5. ^ Bulgarian Banker Shot Dead (Sofia Echo). Retrieved 2007-02-10
  6. ^ Three Foreigners Expelled (Government of the Republic of Bulgaria, Information and Public Relations Directorate). Retrieved 2007-02-10
  7. ^ "Варна е най-добрият град за живеене в България - DARIK News". Dariknews.bg. http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=204974. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 
  8. ^ "/ Weekend / House & Home - Port in a storm". Ft.com. 2009-01-17. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ac62c054-e29c-11dd-b1dd-0000779fd2ac.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

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