Bulgarian Late Mobster Partner Faces 10 Years in Jail

Peter Petrov, aka Amigosa, is on trial for large-scale laundry of money earned through cigarette smuggling. Photo by BGNES

Prosecutors have demanded ten years in jail and a fine of BGN 30,000 for alleged mobster Peter Petrov, dubbed Amigosa.

Petrov, a former associate of late underworld lord Doktora in a financial consultancy company, brothers Doychin and Dimitar Miryanov, and Tsveta Manavska are on trial for large-scale laundry of money earned through cigarette smuggling.

The trial was given the go-ahead in March 2006, but was repeatedly postponed, which gave grounds for the Supreme Judicial Council to launch probes into the work of Sofia City Court.

According to prosecutors, the scam had operated since 1997. The illegal traffic channeled the Macedonia and Bulgaria and was legalized by means of false commercial contracts.

The case against Ivan Todorov, aka Doktora, was closed due to his death. The businessman, whose name became household after a miraculous bombing survival in 2003, was mercilessly killed February 22 on a busy downtown boulevard in Sofia.

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