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The three detained after the GDBOP action in Vidin are already accused of usury.

One of them is also charged with extortion.

According to the District Prosecutor's Office, the three acted as an organized criminal group that gave loans and then took the money in triple amounts through violence.

There were also minors among the borrowers.

For the second day now, the tension in the Roma quarter of Vidin has not subsided.

The relatives of the detainees claim that they have nothing to do with what they are accused of. 

"Shit, they came in, my son-in-law is naked, the children are in pajamas, one of them peed from fear. Who will pay for this stress? Who will pay for the doorman, where I worked for a whole year to do it?" asks Silvia Mikova, who is close to one of the detainees.

GDBOP raided the wrong address during the action in Vidin

The prosecutor's office explained that the pre-trial proceedings had already begun at the Specialized Prosecutor's Office.

After it was closed, the case was taken over by the district office in Vidin. 

"All the methods provided for in the Penal Code were used to reveal the objective truth, so that today we can say that we have three defendants for a particularly serious crime," said the district prosecutor of Vidin - Vanya Nenkova.

During yesterday's operation, the anti-mafia broke and searched the wrong house.  

"I don't even know what they came in for. They told me, go inside and you won't talk much," Slavka Ivanova from the "Nov Pat" district told Bulgaria ON AIR.

"These people have been in Germany for many years. Nobody lives here," said another resident of the neighborhood.

However, the prosecutor's office denies that there was any mistake. 

"Exactly as many properties have been searched as there are permits from OS - Vidin. In absolute accordance with the addresses", Vanya Nenkova is categorical.

The accused remain in custody for 72 hours, pending the prosecution's request for their permanent detention.

All three have already been convicted, and the prosecution claims that their loan-sharking activity began as early as 2015.

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