Bulgarian officials dismissed after asking for bribes from the convoy carrying the equipment for Robbie Williams's concert. They also used Google Translate
Robbie Williams during a concert in Newcastle, UK. Credit: Terry Blackburn / Backgrid / Backgrid UK / Profimedia
Two employees of the Bulgarian Executive Agency for road transport were dismissed on Monday, being accused of asking for bribes from drivers carrying equipment for British artist Robbie Williams from Sofia, according to AFP and Novinite.
The vehicles involved are registered in the United Kingdom and transported essential equipment for the concert held by Robbie Williams on Sunday on the national stage Vasil Levski, where the British soloist sang in front of 40,000 people.
The incident took place on Thursday, near the Bulgarian capital, where the transport officers asked the British drivers 500 euros during a routine road control. The two turned to Google Translate when they saw that drivers did not understand the request, said police commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov in a press conference.
“They even asked those who had no cash to go to an ATM,” the commissioner added.
The national radio station of Bulgaria reported that the drivers alerted both the Interior Ministry of Bulgaria and the British Embassy, which led to the detention of the two transport officers on Sunday.
The Bulgarian Minister of Transport, Grozdan Karadzhov, told the local press that the officers in question, both old, were fired after what happened.
“Robbie Williams is more effective in combating corruption than Bulgarian institutions,” joked an Internet in Bulgaria, which AFP describes as the poorest country in the European Union.
Robbie Williams, a 51 -year -old British singer and composer, known for hits such as “Rock Dj”, “Come undone” and “Angels”, sang on Sunday night in his “Britpop” tour.
