Bulgaria Police Busts Notorious Crime Boss Dembi

Dimitar Vuchev aka Dembi has been arrested Thursday, Darik radio reports.

The arrest was made in connection with a 2001 ongoing trial against him, but there are currently no details about the reason for the bust.

Darik sources from the Interior Ministry had confirmed the information off the record.

Dembi's name is connected with several murders for hire, beatings and illegal drug trafficking.

A September 2004 shooting at a car with Dembi and two bodyguards inside closed the "Lyulin" tunnel in Sofia for hours. Dembi survived the attack.

In December 2006 there was another attempt on Vuchev's life. Shots were again fired at his car parked in front of a bar in Sofia's "Simeonovo" suburb.

In February 2009, Dembi implicated another alleged Bulgarian mafia boss, Zlatomir Ivanov aka "Baretata" ("The Barret"), in being the mastermind behind several of Sofia's emblematic and high profile gang killings.

Baretata is currently being investigated and is being kept under permanent detention.

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