Gunmen kill investigative journalist

A Bulgarian investigative journalist and radio presenter Bobi Tsankov who wrote about Bulgaria's powerful organised crime groups was shot dead on the 5 January 2010 in the centre of Sofia.

Mr Tsankov was shot in the back in the entrance to an office building in the first gangland killing since a new centre-right government came to power in June 2009 pledging a crackdown on mafia activity.

EurActiv, 6.1.10: Journalist's murder exposes Bulgaria's failings http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/journalists-murder-exposes-bulga-news-223293

ESO: Background information: Sofia moves to curb corruption http://www.europeansources.info/record/sofia-moves-to-curb-corruption/

BBC News, 5.1.10: Bulgaria journalist Boris Tsankov gunned down in Sofia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8441956.stm

Deutsche Welle, 5.1.10: Bulgarian journalist shot dead in Sofia http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5087852,00.html

BBC News, 7.1.10: Bulgarian 'crime boss' charged over Tsankov murder http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8446113.stm

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