December 19, 2021
18:09
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Nadia Cholakova is an investigative journalist and a master of criminal reporting. He specializes in investigative journalism in several major European capitals.
Her texts about the underworld are non-standard and different. In her investigations, she traces the Bulgarian mafia in the context of international crime. The Live Fast series has been out since 2007 and has so far released four parts in over 200,000 copies. In the latest book “Live fast 5. The sunset of the bosses” Nadia Cholakova describes the end of a sacrificed generation that jumps into crime. A generation in which heroes become anti-heroes and ideals degenerate.
“The news from last week is that Prime Minister Kiril Petkov has talked about lustration of business. This may reveal the truth about the creators of the groups. Everyone knows how they are created. It is good to clear this transition, because that is what made it so bloody “, Cholakova commented in the show” 120 minutes “on BTV.
According to her, “everything alive from the bosses that has not given up its spirit goes warm to exotic destinations such as Dubai and the Dominican Republic.” “There is a new shift in the criminal world, which is not so attractive. The sunset brings beauty, solemnity, there is majesty. “The bosses were really tragic figures who were sacrificed,” Cholakova said. “Everyone knew they were sent down to redistribute some red money. Eventually, they became strong, began to fund all party headquarters, “said the investigative journalist.
According to her, “each government supports one group”: “There is a legend that the PECs are closer to the Reds. The VIS began its rise after the Viden Winter. According to witnesses she spoke to, “in the king’s time it was the most liberal” for criminal groups. “There is a theory that Iliya Pavlov returned the king to Bulgaria. Then they used to say in slang “This is Vasil Bozhkov’s minister, this one is Iliya Pavlov’s.” Iliya Pavlov’s parties sheltered the entire elite. He was like the Great Gatsby. Everyone wants to get closer to him. Then a spiral of debt begins and the end is tragic, “Cholakova commented.
According to her, most of the old bosses like Maggio and the Margins have legalized their business and own hotels on Sunny Beach. Taki’s children are studying in Dubai and are close to one of the UAE sheikhs. “Now another generation is coming. The previous ones had discipline, authority. Figures and a facade were to be visible. Meto Ilienski said, “We are frying stuff in the media.” There was a general next to each of them. They also have their generations, “Cholakova said. According to her, the members of the old groups were patriots: “They brainwashed them to fight foreign mafias.”
One of the new players in the criminal world is Radi Lancheto. “In Lyulin he is remembered as a good child. It began to develop in 2014, when the old bosses went to Dubai and South Africa, occupying the vacated niche. It is an organization with integrated distribution and production, “Cholakova said. “He is hiding until 2019, when he surrenders himself along with three other people. They sing against the heads of the CDCOC and they are caught in 2020. Then they release him again and he disappears, “Cholakova said. According to her, Lancheto’s case will last for years because there are over 40 defendants, and the mantra “we catch them, they let them go” will continue until the synchronicity between the prosecutor’s office and the Interior Ministry is established.
