Sofia police chief Plamen Maksimov got busted alongside some anti-drug unit cops in a corruption sweep. The Internal Security Service and the drug trafficking prevention folks ran the operation, and they grabbed multiple officers who were supposedly fighting narcotics. Maksimov had been running the Fifth Regional Department since 2022, when acting Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev put him there.
The guy before Maksimov got the boot because he failed to keep tabs on officers who were protecting some dude named Georgi Semerdzhiev. This whole mess is another example of the systemic corruption problems that have been plaguing Bulgarian law enforcement for years.
The guy before Maksimov got the boot because he failed to keep tabs on officers who were protecting some dude named Georgi Semerdzhiev. This whole mess is another example of the systemic corruption problems that have been plaguing Bulgarian law enforcement for years.
