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Outlook: Exposing the Bulgarian Mafia

Anna Zarkova

12/12/2013

Exposing the Bulgarian Mafia

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The Bulgarian journalist attacked with acid after campaigning against organised crime

Anna Zarkova - the journalist who suffered a terrible acid attack after exposing organised crime in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian journalist Anna Zarkova who's spent more than twenty years exposing organised crime talks about the terrible acid attack that she suffered. 

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Picture: Bulgarian journalist Anna Zarkova

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