Bulgarian Police Crack Down on Usurers, Racketeers

A massive police operation is being carried out in the Bulgarian capital Sofia targeting groups engaged in illegal usury and racketeering.

News about the operation has been revealed by Bulgarian Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who keeps on regularly informing the public of details in the activity of Bulgaria's police.

Two persons have been arrested and the offices of a security company have been searched.

Police have grounds to believe that the organization has engaged in illegal money lending, as well as extortion of funds from citizens.

It is estimated that the worth of property and money amassed from racketeering amounts to more than BGN 1.5 M.

The operation is being carried out by Directorate General for Combat with Organized Crime together with the Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office.

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