Is Zajcharnika trembling in Bankya? Boyko Borisov's old enemy Yotsa Amsterdama has just been released from prison, right in the midst of thousands of protests against the former Bulgarian prime minister.
There is talk in criminal circles that Yotsa and Borisov have old scores to settle and that Borisov was almost ordered by the sinister number one drug lord in the Balkans. Whether this is true and what the outcome will be, we may soon find out, and for Borisov, staying in power is becoming a matter of life and death.
“In 2022, I received information that Borisov gave 10 million euros and a license for arms exports to a person, just to arrange a meeting with Josic. I haven't shared it because I haven't received confirmation from a second source or with documents. Now we will find out if this is true.”
This is what Ivan Hristanov from Edinenie, who at the time held a high state position and was waging war with the Mafia, commented.
Author Sega BG
Sreten Jočić, better known in public as Yoca Amsterdam, was released on parole today following a decision by the Court of Appeal in Belgrade, Danas reported.
The news was also confirmed in an official court announcement, which states that the decision was made on December 10, 2025.
„The Court of Appeal in Belgrade issued a decision, accepting the appeal of the defendant's defense, amending the first-instance decision and the convicted Sreten Jočić is conditionally released from serving the 15-year sentence and ordering his immediate release, with the conditional release being lasts until February 28, 2026 at the latest,” the statement said.
The court concluded that all legal conditions for Josic’s release had been met. The reasoning emphasized that prison reports showed “maximum progress in treatment and implementation of the behavioral program” and that “it can be reasonably expected that the convicted person will behave well and, in particular, that he will not commit a new crime until the end of his sentence.”
Today’s decision follows an earlier unsuccessful attempt. Josic’s lawyer filed a request for conditional release with the High Court in Belgrade in September, but it was rejected. The defense then appealed to the Court of Appeal, which ultimately overturned the first-instance decision and approved the release.
Now BG recalls that Josic was arrested on April 27, 2009, on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic. Although he was later finally acquitted in that case, he was not released. Instead, on December 28, 2012, he was transferred from the Central Prison in Zadova to serve a 15-year sentence for inciting the murder of Goran Marjanovic, nicknamed Goksi the Bomber, in 1995.
In 2002, as the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Boyko Borisov arrested Josic in Bulgaria, after which he began to move around with increased security. In 2009, the National Intelligence Service conducted an investigation into the claims of Serbian drug lord Josic before a Belgrade court that he had benefited from the protection of the Bulgarian intelligence services. That is why he felt safe in Bulgaria. Josic also included the name of Boyko Borisov in the circle of his patrons.
The service categorically stated at the time that they had no and had no relationship with Josic. There is no evidence that other services or citizens had provided him with an umbrella. The day before, Boyko Borisov asked the Ministry of Interior, the National Security Agency and intelligence to publicly answer whether there was protection from the services or from him for Sreten Josic in Bulgaria.
In 2001, Josic entered and hid in Bulgaria under a false identity, fleeing from an international search. He used his network of contacts in the Balkans and hid mainly in the Sofia area. He moved with security and changed addresses frequently. In April 2002, a joint operation was carried out by the National Bureau of Investigation (now the Bulgarian Bureau of Investigation), Interpol and special police units. Josic was arrested in a restaurant near Botevgradsko Shose Blvd. in Sofia. Josic did not resist arrest. He was carrying a fake Bulgarian passport in a foreign name. An extradition procedure to Serbia was initiated because he was wanted with a red notice from Interpol. He was accused of participating in organized crime and contract killings. In June 2002, he was extradited to Serbia.
Secret witness before the Court: Boyko Borisov is Sreten Josic's man in Bulgaria, writes the Glasove website.
Before the Special Court in Belgrade, Tomislav Marjanovic, who is a cooperating witness in the case of the murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic, spoke about the criminal group of Sreten Josic and its actions. His testimony also touched on the murder of Milcho Bonev, known as Bai Mile, as well as the Bulgarian participation in the entire criminal network. He quoted one of the crime bosses in Serbia - Robert Matanic, who stated that the group worked for a very powerful man - Sreten Josic, and that his godfather and right-hand man was Slobodan Djurovic. In 2004, he ordered them in Bulgaria, in Plovdiv, to kill a man who had cheated them for drugs. According to the witness, their man in Bulgaria was Boyko Borisov, then the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Marjanovic, via a Belgrade-Zagreb video link, testified about the organization of the murder of the Croatian journalist and owner of the weekly "Nacional" Ivo Pukanic. Marjanovic explained in detail the scheme of the criminal group and its actions, as well as the murder of the journalist. According to him, Sreten Josic and his godfather Slobodan Đurović were also behind the murder of Pukanic. For the death of the journalist, Josic promised 1.5 million euros.
The witness Marjanovic also stated that Slobodan Đurović, nicknamed Cardinal, ordered the murder of Milcho Bonev, known as Bai Mile, in 2004. He placed the order after the arrest of Sreten Josic in Bulgaria and his extradition to the Netherlands.
This murder is revenge for Bai Mile, who did not prevent the arrest and transfer of Yoca Amsterdam to the Netherlands, Serbian media write. After that, Đurović inherited Milcho Bonev's large criminal business in Bulgaria, related to drugs, murders and weapons.
Tomislav Marjanovic presented information before the Special Court in Belgrade that the criminal clan gathered in 2008 after the return of Robert Matanić from Bulgaria. However, they first started their actions in 2000, when they organized an illegal drug, weapons and extortion business in Zagreb. In 2003, they smuggled a large amount of weapons from Bosnia to Rotterdam on behalf of Slobodan Đurović.
We recall that in April 2009, Serbian drug lord Sreten Josić stated during his trial that he had been protected by the Bulgarian security services and personally by Boyko Borisov during his stay in Bulgaria. At that time, there was information that Boyko Borisov had even been summoned in the case against Josić and had to appear in the Belgrade court.
Earlier in 2007, the authoritative American magazine “Congressional Quarterly“ published an article claiming that the then mayor of Sofia, Boyko Borisov, was connected to the mafia. The article, published on March 2 in the daily electronic newsletter "Homeland Security", also said that Borisov "is linked to almost 30 unsolved murders" in the country. The author, Jeff Stein - national security editor, referred to "a 3.5-inch-thick confidential report from a Swiss private bank commissioned by a team to assess the risk in Bulgaria". The text literally says that the most influential politician in Bulgaria, Washington's newest ally in the global war on terror, is a close associate of notorious mafias and is linked to almost 30 unsolved murders in the Black Sea republic.
And more: In 2001-2005, during his four-year term in the interior ministry, Borisov used his powers to fight corruption in power in order to help his mafia associates eliminate competitors in the underworld. “After Boyko Borisov was appointed chief secretary of the interior ministry in 2001… there were a large number of murders and mafia shootings of individuals associated with criminal groups in Bulgaria“, the report states. “During Borisov's reign as the highest-ranking head of the law enforcement agencies, only ordinary, insignificant mafias were brought to justice, while his former business partners flourished and their alleged competitors were systematically killed”, the report further claimed.
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The snipers in Bankya are because of Sreten Josic and Borisov's unfulfilled commitment to Srebrenica! The most widely read agency on social networks, BNEWS, has come out with exclusive news!
The threat to Borisov does not come from Putin, but from one of his Serbian fans - Sreten Josic. The threat was reported by a friendly Balkan service to our foreign intelligence and DANS. The same service in 2013 had released a signal that Dogan and Peevski had conspired to kill Borisov in prison.
Such a signal, as well as the current one, resemble those written by Boyko on his knee in Bankya. Fear has big eyes, and Boyko's eyes are the size of beach umbrellas.
There is another version, which is precisely why this is the case. Borisov himself may have signaled that he was going to be killed in order to protect himself from Yotsa Amsterdam and to cast his enemy Peevski as a potential murderer without moral restraints. It is no coincidence that Borisov repeatedly used the words “Peevski wants to kill me” and falsely put them into the mouths of unnamed media outlets.
The Serbian connection comes from Borisov's unfulfilled commitment to reverse Bulgaria's position on Srebrenica during the vote on the resolution at the UN. The commitment was made personally to the Serbian president from Zajčarnika in Bankya in exchange for guarantees that mafia boss Sreten Josic would not be given a platform for compromising attacks against Borisov when he was released from prison.
After Borisov's failure to turn the Bulgarian vote in favor of his neighbors, Vucic personally threatened in a narrow circle that the Bulgarian's problems with Yotsa Amsterdam were serious and that he would not lift a finger to stop him if he decided to take revenge.
Sreten is the boss of the Serbian mafia, whose baptism of fire began with war crimes and massacres on the battlefields of the former Yugoslavia, and is now furious that the honor of the legionnaires from Srebrenica has been tarnished.
Before they were mafia people like Yotsa considered themselves war criminals and fierce patriots.
Even from prison, Yotsa Amsterdam is capable of paying for and organizing an assassination attempt on Borisov, but it is not very likely.
It is most likely that Borisov himself is sending out signals that he will be killed through various Balkan services, in which he has his own people. The goal is to shed light on Peevski, whom he already considers his enemy. In Borisov's mind, it seems completely logical for Peevski to eliminate him in order to remove him from his path in the battle for the prime minister's post and take the party from him. The leader of the MRF saw himself as the future joint leader of the two united corporations - GERB and MRF and as the Bulgarian prime minister. This was reported by the evil tongues in Bankya.
To do this, Borisov had to take a back seat and leave the keys to someone else to do the digging. In this case, the other turns out to be his former friend Delyan Peevski, who has already bought out almost the entire GERB party.
The battle will be fierce and therefore there may not be a government, because Borisov is being asked to surrender completely, and he knows how to play by the dirty rules.
Source: bnews.bg