Boyko Rashkov: Stefan and Marin Dimitrovi were my informants – Crimes – Bulgaria – NOVA News

Stefan and Marin Dimitrovi, accused of smuggling and money laundering, were Boyko Rashkov’s informants at the time he was interior minister. This became clear from his hearing in the parliamentary committee dealing with the scandal in the Customs Agency. What data did Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi provide and why was no one else from the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior aware of their activities?

The hearing of the former Minister of the Interior and current MP from “Produlzhavame Promyanata” – “Democratic Bulgaria” Boyko Rashkov began with a signal. The reason – the data that DANS has been developing Marin and Stefan Dimitrovi since the middle of 2022.

Petar Todorov: I have seen Stefan Dimitrov waiting in front of Rashkov’s office

Boyko Rashkov asked the chairman of the commission, Toshko Yordanov, whether it is legal in the presence of journalists to divulge data that was collected by special intelligence means. To this, the leader of ITN responded with a recommendation: “Go and ask the question to the head of DANS, who presented this information in this committee.”

For his part, Hamid Hamid from DPS countered: “I understand that this person is so incompetent that he doesn’t make a difference, but the physical evidence is clear material.”

And after the initial passions died down, the former interior minister announced that his first meeting with Stefan Dimitrov was to get information on a bribery case against Miroslav Naydenov from the time he was agriculture minister.

However, the prosecutor’s office during Geshev’s time crushed the case, claims Rashkov. But the meetings with father and son Dimitrovi became more and more numerous. Already because of the elections, which were held twice in 2022.

Boyko Rashkov and Petar Todorov are listening in the customs committee

“These persons were extremely well acquainted with the situation surrounding the elections in Haskovo, and for the first time in years, lists of 28,000 people were discovered. Prepared with the amounts, of course,” revealed Rashkov.

He also explained the photos in which he is with Stefan Dimitrov, as part of the celebration of his personal holiday. Rashkov stated that he does not understand why a parliamentary problem is being made from the fact that he celebrated his birthday with “hundreds of guests at the ministry”.

“The Ministry of the Interior is clearly a party center and if there were smugglers, who knows if there were more. I don’t know what kind of gift they brought him,” said Toshko Yordanov.

At their penultimate meeting on Wednesday, the MPs are expected to listen to the customs officials transferred by Petya Bankova after she headed the Customs Agency. The former Finance Minister Asen Vassilev was also invited.