Smuggler Stefan Dimitrov is also in close relations with Kiril Petkov, flashnews.bg revealed.
More and more information is coming out about acquaintances of Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi, accused of cigarette smuggling, with senior police officers and prominent politicians, even ministers.
The other two defendants are Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi – also for participating in an organized criminal group together with Bankova and Nikola Nikolov – Pascal. The Dimitrovs are also accused of specific smuggling of cigarettes through the territory of Bulgaria to another country.
From today on "Facebook" is spreading
photo of Stefan Dimitrov and former Prime Minister and leader of the PP Kiril Petkov.
It is clear from the scandalous photo that the two not only probably know each other, but are at least on good terms.
Stefan Dimitrov, nicknamed Malkata Yara, who is pictured with former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, is one of the defendants in the grand affair at the “Mitnitsi” Agency.
Over the weekend, the Sofia City Court put him and the head of the “Customs” Agency in custody. Petya Bankova.
From the released footage and from the testimony of witnesses, it became clear that father and son Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi are acquainted with the head of the “Mitnitsi“ Agency. Petya Bankova, with the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Zhivko Kotsev, with the former Minister of the Interior Boyko Rashkov.
Bankova's defense thesis is that her colleague from DANS introduced her to them, knew about their acquaintance with Zhivko Kotsev, and despite the fact that she herself worked first in the National Security Service and then in DANS for more than 10 years she did not know that
they are engaged in smuggling.
The case about the affair in “Mitnitsi” revealed the accused's connections with senior politicians and policemen During the court session, it became clear that an anonymous witness who declared that he worked in a senior management position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, claimed in his testimony that father and son Dimitrovi knew each other well and with the former internal minister and current MP Boyko Rashkov.
The witness also says that he was a family friend with Dimitrovi, but maintained contact with them precisely out of loyalty to Rashkov.
The same witness gives information that Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi were also good acquaintances of Asen Vassilev.
There are also witness statements about the acquaintance of the two with Kalin Stoyanov, but no details about these relationships are given.
Photos of Zhivko Kotsev, Stefan Dimitrov and Nikolina Angelkova appeared.
On this occasion, the former Minister of Tourism published her position on the social network, in which she explains that she has known Zhivko Kotsev for less than a year.
She has been seen with him both at public events and on other unspecified occasions.
She has never been interested in and does not know the details of his work.
Accusations have been brought against Petya Bankova for participating in an organized criminal group for smuggling, money laundering and bribery.
She also has a second accusation, that she committed an official crime, as at the request of Stefan Dimitrov, she appointed a specific person as the head of the customs point “Lesovo”.