Law and Order, Bulgarian Style
Reputed Mobster Alexei Petrov is facing charges of racketeering and threatening to murder a business partner. He would be the first big name to be imprisoned as an organized crime Mafia boss in Bulgaria.
read the story by STEPHEN CASTLE, NY Times
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Arms pinned behind his back, Alexei “The Tractor” Petrov lay with his face pushed to the floor after heavily armed masked police commandos raided his home early last year. The police then hauled him off in one of Bulgaria’s most pronounced efforts to take on the godfathers of racketeering, kidnapping and prostitution who have eroded trust in the country’s institutions and day-to-day life.
