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Krassimir and Nikolay Marinov aka "the Marguins" are considered two of the most influential underworld figures in Bulgaria. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry special task team has arrested top crime bosses Krasimir Marinov and Nikolay Marinov, aka the Marguin Brothers over Tuesday's murder of controversial radio host, Bobi Tsankov.
Stefan Bonev, aka “Sako”, who in November 2009 chased Bobi Tsankov by car in Sofia issuing death threats against him, has also been detained. Sako is known as a drug boss in Sofia, while the Marguin Brothers are publicly believed to among to the most powerful bosses of the SIC group - the major rival of the VIS organized crime group from the 1990s.
The news about the arrests has been announced by the Sofia City Prosecutor Nikolay Kokinov late Tuesday night. Shortly after that it was confirmed by Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov.
Tsvetanov has not confirmed directly the connection between Bobi Tsankov’s murder earlier on Tuesday and the arrests of the top mafia bosses.
“Here we are talking about the measures which were agreed upon during today’s meeting between the Prosecutor’s Office and the Interior Ministry,” Tsvetanov said regarding the meeting which was called up immediately after Tsankov’s murder to discuss the situation.
The three have been taken to the GDBOP (Unit for Combating Organized Crime) for interrogation over the murder of Bobi Tsankov, a controversial radio host who was shot dead in Sofia at noon on Tuesday.
Earlier Tuesday night, in a special operation, the police searched the central office of the Bul Ins insurance company in the Lozenets Quarter, and the Tsarsko Selo hotel complex in the Simeonovo Quarter, which are both owned by the Marguin Brothers.
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