The sentence of my physical beaters is 5 years in prison for three medium bodily injuries and over five minor bodily injuries. The reasons for the beating of me are several articles and one cartoon, which are directed against Krasimir Kamenov - Karo. He received justice faster from the mafia, and not from official justice. This was recalled in an interview for "Face to Face" by investigative journalist Slavi Angelov, who was beaten in front of his home on "Dondukov" Blvd. in 2020.
According to him, if the ambulance driver had not recognized him as a popular person at the time, the police would not have done their job so well.
"I am lying on the ground. I am covered in blood. There are police officers around who are "working", smoking cigarettes. At one point, the ambulance arrives. The driver gets out and says that he knows that I am a famous investigative journalist. At that moment, the police officers throw away their cigarettes and start stretching tapes – as a crime should be investigated," he recounted the stories of witnesses to the incident, since he himself, after the beating inflicted on him, was not fully conscious, respectively, his memories of what happened are incomplete.
Slavi Angelov is largely convinced who was responsible for his beating. "Mafia justice is much more efficient and much faster. Those convicted of my beating did not admit that Curo was the guarantor. They exercised their right not to testify, but there are witnesses who say that the order came from there, I also know from two or three places. Curo is a man who has bragged about this left and right. I have counted 13 murders ordered by him. This man is a psychopath", the investigative journalist pointed out.
"If this thing had remained in the district, what would have been achieved would have been what happened with a dentist who had told that there were several beatings carried out in the same way, in the same area, that is, it was about some group. The reason for the beating of the dentist is as follows: Curo's wife takes the children to him for a check-up, she did not make an appointment. He makes a more pointed remark that he needs to make an appointment and there is order in his office. It is not this woman who is telling about the Karo case, but a man from his security. After that, this dentist has been staring at the ceiling for six months, quite badly beaten up," Angelov said.
And he added: "In the district offices, corruption is stronger than gravity. Nothing should remain there".
"Slow justice is a huge problem in Bulgaria. Ordinary people, victims of violence, do not receive retribution or receive it late. It is a big problem for both business and foreign investments," Slavi Angelov explained.
And he made the following parallel: "My case was monitored by the EC and the US State Department. I do not want to talk about cases without any monitoring at all. For example, I am thinking of the case of draining the State Reserve. Then the grain from the State Reserve was sold off for next to nothing. It was delayed for almost 20 years, as a result of which there were 7-8 defendants. 7-8 people died of natural causes. Two remained alive, who were acquitted, since the absolute statute of limitations for this crime had expired.
According to him, the reason for the existence of parallel justice and the system is mainly the non-functioning official justice. "And in justice, as in nature and physics, empty spaces are not tolerated and everything is filled", added Slavi Angelov.
According to him, organized crime in Bulgaria has undergone a process of "evolution". "Instead of using hired killers, it began to use the state. Two large mafia groups are at war in the country, Petyo Euroto is part of one of them," Angelov pointed out.
"Only in Bulgaria and Russia are there substitutes. There are also huge problems with experts. We need an institute for experts. There are a lot of problems to solve," the journalist concluded.