2024-04-17 16:58:57
They found with Stefan Dimitrov a protocol of an interrogation of a witness who filed a report against him and his father
10 investigators, prosecutors and judges are working on the development of DANS for corruption in customs, for which the former head of the agency Petya Bankova, Stefan Dimitrov and his father Marin were arrested on April 3. This is what the chairman of DANS Plamen Tonchev told the deputies of the temporary commission on the case. The materials for them are in the prosecutor’s office.
It is not by chance that the measures of non-abortion are postponed. I guess it has to do with the new informationsaid Tonchev.
On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal adjourned the hearing on the remand measures for Bankova and Dimitrov for the second time. The reason is that the lawyer of the former head of customs, Adelina Natina, presented a sick leave again.
Plamen Tonchev revealed more facts about the investigation to the deputies –
broken factories
for illegal
cigarettes on
Pascal in
abroad,
prepared bribe for people from the high levels of power, as well as more connections of the accused Dimitrovi with high-ranking officials.
DANS began working on the organized crime group of Pascal, Stefan Dimitrov and his father Marin in mid-2022. Then operational information was received about smuggling channels in which the three were involved. Contacted Bulgarians and foreigners. In our country, these were policemen and customs officers from low to high levels.
Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi had influence in the Ministry of the Interior. They maintained connections with people from the political and professional leadership. They have been in contact with Zhivko Kotsev since the time when he was the director of ODMR-Sofia. (He was appointed to this post under the quadruple coalition government in 2022) Apart from him, they were close to the former director of the national police, Vencislav Kirchev, who is also from Haskovo, as well as to senior Border Police officers who were in charge for the airports, said Tonchev. One of the border guards even participated in an anti-smuggling conference in Barcelona. Father and son Dimitrovi worked in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and customs. They received classified information, and in return they helped their sources grow in their careers.
The agents intercepted their contacts with the smuggler Nikola Nikolov-Paskal.
It is an unavoidable factor in the production and smuggling of illegal cigarettes, the head of DANS described the search. The members of the criminal group had the full questioning of a witness who incriminated them in crimes, and this endangered his life. It became clear from the remand order that one of the people who filed reports against Dimitrovi was the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Haskovo, Angel Ganchev.
Pascal worked with a Turk who was very influential and had the opportunity to provide smuggling of all goods, including drugs, through the Lesovo and Kapitan Andreevo border crossings. At the beginning of 2024, Nikolov began the construction of a new channel for illegal cigarettes. DANS tracked down one of his trucks and let it pass under control back in February to reach all levels of the canal. The tire passed through the border with Greece. The documents said he was driving pasta. The driver is Bulgarian and lives in a village near Pazardjik. On February 29, the truck crossed by ferry to Romania. The services there, together with DANS, seized a cigarette and found 742 master boxes with cigarettes. It became clear from the court session on the restraint measures that the driver was Kiril Petrov and he gave testimony incriminating Marin Dimitrov as the organizer.
On the day of the arrests, another truck with 1,500 master boxes of cigarettes was found in a village near Pazardzhik. The owner of the truck is the same one who was detained in Romania in February, Tonchev specified.
After capturing the truck, Stefan Dimitrov prepared
a bribe which
should have
to convey
in the parking lot of
of parliament
to certain people. DANS had information and prevented it. It is known that a large amount of money was found during the search of Stefan Dimitrov’s residence.
Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi had a role in contacting officials for the purpose of protection. Stefan Dimitrov has built a relationship of trust with Petya Bankova, with her deputy Lyudmil Marinov and with Zhivko Kotsev. Zhivko Kotsev presented Stefan Dimitrov to regional directors of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the country as a businessman who imports goods. He indicated that he was doing Boyko Rashkov a favor. Surely the Dimitrovs know each other with Rashkov, said the head of DANS. Tonchev also confirmed the words of Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov that Asen Vasilev lobbied for the appointment of Nedan Hadjiev as director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Haskovo. DANS detected a conversation between the former finance minister and Stefan Dimitrov on this topic. Vasilev was present at the commission, and after the meeting he specified that he spoke with Stoyanov about Hadjiev because when he was director, vote buying in the district was minimal.