Bulgaria - 2012
Is there an estimate or evidence that hate crime cases/incidents are under-reported disproportionately in relation to other crimes?
- Code:
- RED26
- Key Area:
- Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
- Strand(s):
- Racism
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| Qualitative Info |
According to available official statistics the number of criminal proceedings for racist crime is very low (only 30 pre-trial proceedings for such crimes were instituted for the period 2006-2009). In the same time the information about the number of reported incidents to the police is confidential, so it is not possible to assess whether racist crimes are not reported to the police or the reported crimes are not investigated as racist crimes. However, in the ECRI report on Bulgaria of 2009, the Bulgarian authorities state that they receive few complaints for racist crimes. NGOs, on the other hand, report that hate crime cases are prosecuted as conventional crime, e.g. hooliganism. |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Ethnic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Anti-racism |
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