3460 Vehicles Were Stolen in Bulgaria in 2015

A total of 3460 vehicles were stolen in Bulgaria last year, which represented an increase of 7 % compared to 2014.

At a press briefing on Friday, the Sofia Directorate of the Interior Ministry informed that more than 25 % of the stolen vehicles were retrieved.

The police calls on people purchasing second-hand car parts to be careful as most of the stolen vehicles end up for the sale of spare parts.

The director of General Directorate National Police, Hristo Terziyski, said that the police is demanding amendments to the legislation on the detention of car thieves.

The head of the thefts sector, Aleksandar Petrov, noted that there is a trend for increase in the number of robberies targeting small shops.

Most often the thieves steal goods which can be quickly disposed of such as cigarettes and expensive chocolates.

The police has detained the ringleader of such a crime group which earned around BGN 4000 per day by robbing one or two shops daily.

In most cases, the police establishes that a car has been stolen not at the time of theft, but once it enters into use.

Under the current legislation, in order to punish such type of crime, the police has to establish that the thief had an intention to use the stolen car, which is very difficult to prove.

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