Please find attached a number of articles providing various statistics related to crime in Bulgaria, and analyses on the reasons for changes in crime rates. In addition, for your further information, please find attached an article From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on the development of rule of law in Bulgaria.

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 6 December 1991. "Interior Ministry Discusses Crime Rate." (NEXIS)

_____. 24 April 1991. "Police Demonstrate in Sofia." (NEXIS)

Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), [Sofia, in English]. 29 March 1991. "Prosecutor General's Office on Crime Rate." (FBIS-EEU-91-062 1 Apr. 1991, p. 22)

_____. 19 March 1991. "Interior Minister on Crime Rate, New Legislation." (FBIS-EEU-91-054 20 Mar. 1991, p. 13)

_____. 30 January 1991. "Increase in Black Market Activity, Other Crimes." (FBIS-EEU-91-022 1 Feb. 1991, p. 11)

_____. 12 December 1990. "Police Concerned Over Rise in Vietnamese Crime." (FBIS-EEU-90-239 12 December 1990, p. 15)

_____. 23 March 1990. "Cabinet Meeting Considers Crime Problems." (FBIS-EEU-90-058 26 Mar. 1990, p. 7)

Domestic Service [Sofia, in Bulgarian]. 29 August 1990. "National Security Commission Views Crime, Unrest." (FBIS-EEU-90-169 30 Aug. 1990, p. 3)

Mladezh [Sofia, in Bulgarian]. 10 October 1990. "Legal Expert Analyzes Rising Crime Rate." (FBIS-EEU-90-200 16 Oct. 1990, p. 5)

Pogled [Sofia, in Bulgarian]. 26 March 1990. "People's Militia Director on Increase in Crime" (FBIS-EEU-90-066 5 Apr. 1990, p. 8)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). 12 October 1990. Report on Eastern Europe [Munich]. Vol. 1, No. 41. "The Police in Democratic Bulgaria."