Bulgaria: Sofia Court Leaves Alleged Mafia Boss Zlatko Baretata in Prison
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Sofia City Court ruled Saturday to leave the alleged mafia boss Zlatomir Ivanov, aka Zlatko Baretata, in prison despite the fact that he has been registered as an advocate for a MP candidate, and has acquired the respective immunity.
The Sofia City Court received early Thursday morning a request from Baretata to change his permanent detention to house arrest over his registration as the advocate for the majority candidate from the ticket of the “Bulgarian Patriots” Union in the Black Sea city of Burgas, Ivaylo Drazhev
Zlatko Baretata (right). Photo: BGNES
On Friday, the Sofia Prosecutor’s Office refused to withdraw its suit against Ivanov over his immunity. Ivanov’s lawyers are going to appeal Saturday’s ruling before the Sofia Appellate Court on July 2. They claim that Baretata should have been released on June 24 when he was registered as an advocate of Ivaylo Drazhev.
