(Politics) Bulgarian Underworld Lords Charged with Masterminding Murders
Bulgaria\’s Prosecutor Office has pressed charges against the brothers Krassimir and Nikolay Marinov …Politics: 31 October 2005, Monday.
Bulgaria\’s Prosecutor Office has pressed charges against the brothers Krassimir and Nikolay Marinov for masterminding three attempted murders and joining an organized crime group. Sofia City Prosecutor Boyko Naydenov confirmed earlier reports for the Bulgarian News Agency.
The two brothers, dubbed the Marguins, were seized late on Friday evening for 24 hours. On Saturday their arrest was extended with three more days.
General Lyubomir Gotsev, Ivan Todorov- the Doctor, who is charged with money laundry, and the businessman Nikola Damyanov have been the targets of the masterminded by the two brothers murders.The news was broken by the Bulgarian National Radio, which cited sources of the Interior Ministry as saying that the Marguins were preparing assaults against Gotsev, Todorov and Damyanov.
According to Deputy Chief Prosecutor Nikolay Kokinov business interests were the main motives for the planned murders.
The first target of the Marguins Lyubomir Gotsev is an officer working with the Security Services. He was also a foreign minister in the cabinet of killed Premier Andrey Lukanov. Gotsev is now a member of the Community Council working with the Interior Ministry.
Suspected underworld boss Ivan Todorov - Doktora was said to be the second target of the Marguins. He became a household name in Bulgaria after a failed attempt on his life back in 2003. He is also being charged for money laundry.
The third target Nikola Damyanov is businessman working in the banking sphere, the tourism and insurance field.
Police sources have repeatedly fingered the two brothers as prominent figures from the underworld, but no lawsuit has been filed against them so far.
The prosecutors would not specify whether the charges against the Marguins are related to the murder of Bulgaria\’s top banker Emil Kyulev.
The detention came in the wake of the public execution of Bulgaria\’s biggest banking boss. The mogul was one of the richest people in Bulgaria, but had no security guards to accompany his throughout the day. He was gunned down at a busy Sofia thoroughfare on October.
After the killing, the state pledged to step up the combat against organized crime.
The Marinovs are one of the founders of SIC, a now defunct 1990s strong-arm structure.
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