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Organized Crime, Public Interest, and Prosecution Strategies

29.01.2007

(2007-2008)

It is as if the Bulgarian media and Bulgarian prosecutors do not live in one and the same country. Whilst according to the former organized crime is rampant in Bulgaria, according to the activity of the latter this is not the case. This project examines the reasons for this discrepancy. It compares the notions of organized crime as represented in the press and in the activity of the state prosecution service, studying public expectations with regard to the prosecution service and the prosecution strategy followed by the institution itself. The project experts identify the issues on which there is consensus in the two groups under review, analyze the contradictions between them, and propose ways to overcome them.

Leading Expert: Tatiana Vaksberg

The project is financed by the Open Society Institute – New York and the Open Society Institute – Sofia.