Organized Criminal Groups for Smuggling in Bulgaria (1934–1939)
Organized Criminal Groups for Smuggling in Bulgaria (1934–1939)
Author(s): Dimitar GyudurovSubject(s): History, Economic history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Институт за исторически изследвания - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: interwar period; smuggling; organized crime;
Summary/Abstract: International crime is a phenomenon that has appeared at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, undergoing evolution in its meaning and scope and is closely related to terms organized crime, underworld and social evil introduced at that time. In the late 1920s and early 1930s the Bulgarian society saw the beginning of the process of formation of organized crime on a Western model, but with clearly expressed local characteristics.
Journal: Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 176-198
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
