Konstantin "Samokovetsa" Dimitrov


Konstantin "Samokovetsa" Dimitrov was a Bulgarian mobster involved in drug trafficking.

Background

Konstantin Dimitrov was born in Samokov, Bulgaria.

Career

At 16, he was employed as a bodyguard at Rila hotel in Borovets, Bulgaria. He graduated in Public Administration at the National and World Economy University. In 1997-98, he was an agent of the notorious VIS insurance company in Vidin and Samokov. After Vasil Iliev's death, he worked his way up the ranks. According to his interviews in Bulgarian media, he dealt with trade, consultancy, import, restaurants, and farming. In 2001, he declared a profit tax amounting to some 2 million levs from the activities of his firms based in Bulgaria. He also owned several firms in Great Britain with annual profits amounting to £200,000 each. He owned a hotel, several apartments and houses in the Bulgarian resorts of Borovets and Bistritsa. In 1997, he was a consultant for VIS, and in 2003 he was a consultant for Bulgarian and Cypriot companies trading with Turkey.
Soon he started smuggling illegal drugs. He became one of the biggest figures in drug trafficking in the Balkans, along with Mehrad "Speedy" Rafati and Sreten Jocić.

Death

On December 6, 2003 Dimitrov was shot dead on Dam Square in Amsterdam. At the time of his murder, he was in the company of Bulgarian model Tsetsi Krassimirova. Dimitrov was 33 years old.
The gunman was chased by members of the public and later apprehended in a pub.