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* LawmanGoneBad: [[LostInTranslation "Hook" is Bulgarian slang for cop]], which he used to be.



* DumbMuscle: They are Djaro's heavy hitters, more skilled than the average thug, but not good at anything else.

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* DumbMuscle: TheBrute: They are Djaro's heavy hitters, more skilled than the average thug, but not good at anything else.
* CantKIllYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler: After they kill his mother]] Ivo won't forgive Tisho but has to employ him because he can't afford to waste a good thug, so he demotes Tisho to his chauffeur and constantly humiliates him by ordering him around.
* DumbMuscle: They sometimes don't know the meaning of basic terms.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: They aren't actually brothers, but they could as well be. [[spoiler: After Nicki's death, Tisho mourns him.]]

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* CowboyCop: He picks up this habit when interrogating criminals.

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* CowboyCop: PoliceBrutality: He picks up this habit when interrogating criminals.



* LikeASonToMe: Popov has practically raised him and considers him as a son. Notably, he [[IfItsYouItsOK condones Martin dating his daughter]], whom he's otherwise very protective of. [[spoiler: Erol is like a son to him, too.]]
* PapaWolf: He's very protective of Zori, sometimes to her annoyance, but at other times [[ProperlyParanoid with very good reason]]. [[spoiler: He gets utterly broken when she gets killed in a shootout because of him.]] He also considers Martin as close as a son [[spoiler: and is heartbroken when he dies]]. [[spoiler: Same with Erol.]]



* ByTheBookCop: Downplayed, see DaChief below. He still retains his aspects of the trope, such as getting angry at a stripper dressed as a (US) cop for making a mockery of the uniform, although it may have to do with the stripper lap-dancing for his wife.



* TragicKeepsake: An old, battered Zippo firecracker. It's what [[spoiler: he thinks]] Djaro used to set his friends on fire and escape with confiscated money.

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* TragicKeepsake: An old, battered Zippo ''Zippo'' firecracker. It's what [[spoiler: he thinks]] Djaro used to set his friends on fire and escape with confiscated money.



!! Inspector Yana Taneva
The team's criminal psychologist, eho gets assigned in Season 5.

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!! Inspector Yana Taneva
The team's criminal psychologist, eho
Erol Metin
->'''Portrayed by:''' Boyko Krustanov
Another undercover cop who's infiltrated Faruq Aykan's organization on Popov's orders. He
gets assigned tasked by Popov with assisting Martin in Season 5.bringing down Ivo Andonov.


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* NotSoDifferent: From Martin, of whom he's something of a JuniorCounterpart despite them being roughly the same age. [[spoiler: They both infiltrate a mob boss' group, win his trust by excelling at various criminal tasks, start an affair with his lover and bring down the group, all the while mentored by someone with a fierce vendetta against the mob boss.]]
* PassingTheTorch: He is "the torch" Popov passes to Martin.
* ThereIsAnother: Popov reveals his existence to Martin [[spoiler: when he himself retires]].

!! Inspector Yana Taneva
The team's criminal psychologist, eho gets assigned in Season 5.
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!! Chief Inspector[[spoiler: (later Commissar)]] Emil Popov
->'''Portrayed by:''' Vladimir Penev
The head of an inspection team at GDBOP (General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime) at the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior. His main concern is the criminal group around his former coworker, Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov.

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!! Chief Inspector[[spoiler: Undercover Officer[[spoiler: (later Commissar)]] Emil Popov
Inspector)]] Martin Hristov
->'''Portrayed by:''' Vladimir Penev
Ivaylo Zahariev
The head of an inspection team at GDBOP (General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime) at the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior. His main concern is the criminal group around his former coworker, Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov.protagonist, young officer Popov met at a borstal. He's been trained since he was a child and now Popov has him infiltrate Djaro's group.



* DaChief: Downplayed, as he doesn't care much for protocol, except for when someone goes ''really'' out of line. Popov likes to maintain a professional attitude and work ethic, but is willing to bend the rules if it means he'll get closer to catching Djaro. He's in an odd position of coming off as a CowboyCop to his boss and playing ByTheBookCop to his team of {{Cowboy Cop}}s, especially later on.
* KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler: Djaro tries to move some levers to get Popov promoted to a thankless managerial position and thus take his own case from him. Popov's boss hears about it and resigns, putting Popov in his place and in high command of the team he just left.]]
* KnightTemplar: Putting Djaro behind bars is his obsession and he will do anything within the confines of his legal authority to keep pursuing the case, even against his higher-ups.
* MarriedToTheJob: His marriage suffers from his relentless pursuit of his arch-enemy.
** WhyDontYouMarryIt: Margarita once outright tells him to marry Djaro.
* TragicKeepsake: An old, battered Zippo firecracker. It's what [[spoiler: he thinks]] Djaro used to set his friends on fire and escape with confiscated money.

!! Undercover Officer[[spoiler: (later Inspector)]] Martin Hristov
->'''Portrayed by:''' Ivaylo Zahariev
A young officer Popov met at a borstal. He's been trained since he was a child and now Popov has him infiltrate Djaro's group.
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* CowboyCop: He picks up this habit when interrogating criminals.
--> '''Todorov:''' You're doing like [[CowboyCop Neshev]] [[spoiler:, rest his soul]]!




!! Chief Inspector[[spoiler: (later Commissar)]] Emil Popov
->'''Portrayed by:''' Vladimir Penev
The head of an inspection team at GDBOP (General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime) at the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior. His main concern is the criminal group around his former coworker, Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov.
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* DaChief: He doesn't care much for protocol, except for when someone goes ''really'' out of line. Popov likes to maintain a professional attitude and work ethic, but is willing to bend the rules if it means he'll get closer to catching Djaro. He's in an odd position of coming off as a CowboyCop to his boss and playing ByTheBookCop to his team of {{Cowboy Cop}}s, especially later on.
* KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler: Djaro tries to move some levers to get Popov promoted to a thankless managerial position and thus take his own case from him. Popov's boss hears about it and resigns, putting Popov in his place and in high command of the team he just left.]]
* KnightTemplar: Putting Djaro behind bars is his obsession and he will do anything within the confines of his legal authority to keep pursuing the case, even against his higher-ups.
* MarriedToTheJob: His marriage suffers from his relentless pursuit of his arch-enemy.
** WhyDontYouMarryIt: Margarita once outright tells him to marry Djaro.
* TragicKeepsake: An old, battered Zippo firecracker. It's what [[spoiler: he thinks]] Djaro used to set his friends on fire and escape with confiscated money.



* TheBigGuy: He's one of the more physically imposing members of the team and good at PerpSweating, although he's not excessively violent.
* DueToTheDead: When confronted by Benishev about the cavalier attitude of a fallen colleague, he refuses to listen to any badmouthing and lights up a cigarette in his memory.
--> '''Benishev:''' I see you're all used to disrespecting rules in this team. Smoking is not permitted here.
--> '''Kirov:''' I'm not smoking. This one's for [[spoiler: Neshev]]. ''(places the cigarette on top of his glass and leaves)''





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* TheBerserker: He's introduced with "That's Ivo. They say he's crazy". Stabbing him won't get him killed, it'll get ''you'' killed, more brutally than he would have otherwise.



* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[EvileeThanThou A villainous version.]] Whether Djaro was on a more equal footing with the other mob bosses and didn't needlessly antagonize them, instead counting on the respect he had earned with his cunning to stay as a first among equals, Ivo just murders whoever stands in his way, brutally. Then again, he's having to prove himself.

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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[EvileeThanThou [[EvilerThanThou A villainous version.]] Whether Djaro was on a more equal footing with the other mob bosses and didn't needlessly antagonize them, instead counting on the respect he had earned with his cunning to stay as a first among equals, Ivo just murders whoever stands in his way, brutally.brutally, until everyone is either dead or paying tribute to him. Then again, he's having to prove himself.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: [[EvileeThanThou A villainous version.]] Whether Djaro was on a more equal footing with the other mob bosses and didn't needlessly antagonize them, instead counting on the respect he had earned with his cunning to stay as a first among equals, Ivo just murders whoever stands in his way, brutally. Then again, he's having to prove himself.
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\n* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When Ivo starts getting less benefits and more lectures from him, he has him gunned down outside the restaurant where they had an argument.]]

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* UnluckilyLucky: His nickname, "Hair" comes from his tendency to get away from trouble by a hair's breath (or, since in Bulgarian the expression is tied to Damocles' sword, of his life hanging by a thread of hair). [[spoiler: When he dies, his last words are "the hair broke".]]

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* UnluckilyLucky: His nickname, "Hair" comes from his tendency to get away from trouble by a hair's breath (or, since in Bulgarian the expression is tied to Damocles' sword, of his life hanging by a thread of hair). [[spoiler: When he dies, his last words are "the hair broke".snapped".]]

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The guy responsible for female trafficking.
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* UnluckilyLucky: His nickname, "Hair" comes from his tendency to get away from trouble by a hair's breath (or, since in Bulgarian the expression is tied to Damocles' sword, of his life hanging by a thread of hair). [[spoiler: When he dies, his last words are "the hair broke".]]




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* DumbMuscle: They are Djaro's heavy hitters, more skilled than the average thug, but not good at anything else.



* TheStarscream: Gele is a

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* SacrificialLamb: He doesn't have much of an influence of the plot[[spoiler:, besides his assassination makes everyone realize that Djaro is paranoid and causes them to abandon him.]]
* TheStarscream: Gele is a
attempts to be a small-time version, selling drugs behind Djaro's back. It gets nowhere.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Zahaty Baharov

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Zahaty Zahary Baharov

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->'''Portrayed by:''' Vladimir Penev



* ByTheBookCop: Downplayed. Popov likes to maintain a professional attitude and work ethic, but is willing to bend the rules if it means he'll get closer to catching Djaro. He's in an odd position of coming off as a CowboyCop to his boss and playing this trope to his team of {{Cowboy Cop}}s, especially later on.

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* ByTheBookCop: Downplayed.DaChief: Downplayed, as he doesn't care much for protocol, except for when someone goes ''really'' out of line. Popov likes to maintain a professional attitude and work ethic, but is willing to bend the rules if it means he'll get closer to catching Djaro. He's in an odd position of coming off as a CowboyCop to his boss and playing this trope ByTheBookCop to his team of {{Cowboy Cop}}s, especially later on.



->'''Portrayed by:''' Ivaylo Zahariev



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->'''Portrayed by:''' Plamen Manasiev



->'''Portrayed by:''' Yosif Shamli



->'''Portrayed by:''' Peter "Chocho" Popyordanov



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!! Krum
Ivo's go-to thug.

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\n!! Krum\nIvo's go-to thug.->'''Portrayed by:''' Stanislav Ianevski
Djaro's bodyguard.


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!! Krum
Ivo's go-to thug.
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Hristo Mutafchiev
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He shows up to Popov, who has been grieving him and Stanley for years, and promises him to help against Djaro. [[spoiler: He was the one responsible for the whole tragedy, and the one who killed Stanley.]]

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[[folder: Bulgarian underworld]]
!! Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov
A former police officer in a team which included Popov and Mironov, Petar Tudjarov is now a shady businessman and crime boss who's at the top of Bulgaria's mafia hierarchy.

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[[folder: Bulgarian underworld]]
Judicial system]]
!! Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov
A former police officer in a team which included Popov and Mironov, Petar Tudjarov is now a shady businessman and crime boss who's at the top of Bulgaria's mafia hierarchy.
Boyana Vassileva



Djaro's attorney and part-time lover.
* AmoralAttorney: She arranges that Djaro has no trouble with legal authorities.
* NewOldFlame: As per her words, she and Djaro "finished a story long in the writing".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When she can no longer help Djaro out and her blunders start costing him, he orders her dead.]]

!! Prosecutor Dorotheya Terziyska
An elderly prosecutor at the Sofia City Court who starts an affair with Popov.
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* ActionGirlfriend: Downplayed. She isn't a cop and doesn't fight, but she helps Popov via her connections in court, which is an environment as dangerous as the police. She's contrasted with Margo, Popov's WetBlanketWife.
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[[folder: Bulgarian underworld]]
!! Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov
A former police officer in a team which included Popov and Mironov, Petar Tudjarov is now a shady businessman and crime boss who's at the top of Bulgaria's mafia hierarchy.
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!! Boyana Vassileva
Djaro's attorney and part-time lover.
* AmoralAttorney: She arranges that Djaro has no trouble with legal authorities.
* NewOldFlame: As per her words, she and Djaro "finished a story long in the writing".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When she can no longer help Djaro out and her blunders start costing him, he orders her dead.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Rumored to be one of real-life oligarch [[https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2 Vasil "Skull" Bozhkov]], the wealthiest Bulgarian businessman with a shady past, who's also an avid antique collector.

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* {{Expy}}: NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Rumored to be one of real-life oligarch [[https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2 Vasil "Skull" Bozhkov]], the wealthiest Bulgarian businessman with a shady past, who's also an avid antique collector.



* {{Expy}}: Supposedly of real-life ''DS'' general Lyuben Gotzev who's rumored to have orchestrated the rise of Bulgaria's greatest crime syndicates.

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* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: [[spoiler: He's TheMole for Djaro in Popov's team.]] [[spoiler: Which turns out to be his cover, since he's employed by the US Secret Service to spy on Djaro.]] [[spoiler: But as Popov correctly figures out, the Americans only used him because he was already corrupt and with ties to Djaro.]] [[spoiler: It turns out that Djaro has some dirt on him and holds his loyalty this way, so the only way for Nikolov to do his job is as a deep-cover double agent.]]
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: [[spoiler: He and Martin obstruct each other's job, since they're TheMole and a fake ReverseMole, respectively.]]
* SuffersNewbiesPoorly: He hazes Todorov, who's a particularly ''cocky'' EnsignNewbie, since he got on the team partly thanks to {{Nepotism}}.
* WalkingSpoiler: His entry has spoilers divided in ''four'' to keep twists from being uncovered at once.




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* StraightMan: He's the most level-headed of the team.





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\n* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He gets killed in action.]]




!! [[spoiler:Chief ]]Inspector Momchil Neshev
A detective from the Sofia City Police Department, transferred to head Popov's team[[spoiler: after Nikolov's death]].

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!! [[spoiler:Chief ]]Inspector Momchil Neshev
A detective from
Inspector Ivo Manolov
The youngest member of
the Sofia City Police Department, transferred to head Popov's team[[spoiler: after Nikolov's death]]. team.



* FriendlyFire: [[spoiler: Martin inadvertently kills him when he misses on purpose to spare Tisho and fires on a nearby door.]]
* FatalFamilyPhoto: When he goes on a mission with Martin, he's texting his girlfriend and talks about their upcoming date. [[spoiler: He never goes on that date.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted, obviously, with him and Ivo Andonov.

!! [[spoiler:Chief ]]Inspector Momchil Neshev
A detective from the Sofia City Police Department, transferred to head Popov's team[[spoiler: after Nikolov's death]].
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!! Commissar Slavov
The head of GDBOP.

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!! Commissar Slavov
Inspector Yana Taneva
The head of GDBOP.team's criminal psychologist, eho gets assigned in Season 5.


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* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: She starts an affair with Hook who seduces her during and in-between interrogations.]]
* ReversePsychology: She likes to employ that during interrogations.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Aside from the secretary, she is the only woman on the team. The men belittle her and order her around until she finally proves her mettle.

!! Commissar Slavov
The head of GDBOP.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When she can no longer help Djaro out, he orders her dead.]]

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* NewOldFlame: As per her words, she and Djaro "finished a story long in the writing".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When she can no longer help Djaro out, out and her blunders start costing him, he orders her dead.]]


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* HisNameIs: [[spoiler: He gets shot by Martin just before he can reveal to Djaro that the former is an undercover agent, and thus ruinPopov's plans.]]

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* {{Expy}}: Rumored to be one of real-life oligarch [[https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2 Vasil "Skull" Bozhkov]], the wealthiest Bulgarian businessman with a shady past, who's also an avid antique collector.



* DeadpanSnarker: When he's [[TranquilFury mad]], he can deliver some snark before he loses his temper.
--> '''Ivo:''' What was your Bulgarian language grade in school? Cause either I'm not speaking correctly, or you cannot understand me.
* TheDon: He becomes the undisputed head of the Bulgarian mafia[[spoiler: after Djaro's death]].




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Ivo's go-to thug.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: With Rafael.
* DumbMuscle: He's only good for violence.
* WeHaveReserves: When[[spoiler: Hook]] kills him, Ivo flatly says he won't miss Krum.




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Ivo's right-hand man who used to be in Metho's employ.
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* TheEvilGenius: He's Ivo's tectical genius and organiser.
* SilkHidingSteel: He's effeminate, but he still packs a punch when necessary.




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An elderly general formerly from the communist intelligence services, he has a great deal of influence over underworld bosses such as Djaro, Ivo and Mironov.
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* {{Expy}}: Supposedly of real-life ''DS'' general Lyuben Gotzev who's rumored to have orchestrated the rise of Bulgaria's greatest crime syndicates.
* FormerRegimePersonnel: He served in [[StateSec DS]], which was a dreaded spying agency.





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A former teammate from Popov and Djaro's unit, presumed murdered by Djaro years ago when Djaro defected to escape with money confiscated from some Serbian gangsters.
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: He is a crime boss who works with General Penev to undermine Djaro's illicit construction deals and orders several people's brutal assassinations to do so.]] Then an even more gruesome revelation is made. [[spoiler: The idea of taking money from Serbian smugglers was his and not Djaro's. When Stanley was about to alert Popov to the theft, it was Mironov who shot him.]]
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: It turns out that it was him who killed the fourth team member, Stanley, in order to escape with the money. Djaro, who never planned to turn on his team, shot him in disgust and fled.]]
** EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler: Djaro hunted him down and tried to assassinate him, which Mironov presented to Martin as something of a sob story.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: He didn't get burned alive in the police car by Djaro. Instead, Djaro shot him and escaped, after which Mironov woke up, faked his death and lit the car on fire, using a gangster's body to fill in for his own.]] His appearsnce shocks both Djaro and Popov.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Djaro and Mironov both can only think about him when he sends them origami swans, which they know he used to make.
* UnfriendlyFire: In Djaro's flashback, it's shown how he shoots Mironov with the words "I should have done this a long time ago". [[spoiler: This gets presented in a [[AntiVillain whole new light]] when it's revealed that moments ago Mironov was the one who turned on their coworker and murdered him in cold blood.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: His role reveals a lot of details about Popov and Djaro's vendetta.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: When a angry Popov demands to know his password, he blurts out "sexgod34".


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Djaro's attorney and part-time lover.
* AmoralAttorney: She arranges that Djaro has no trouble with legal authorities.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: When she can no longer help Djaro out, he orders her dead.]]




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A mob boss with a huge share in Bulgaria's drug market.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: His assassination kicks off Djaro's downfall.]]




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An uncouth mob boss.
* CasualSportsJersey: He always wears one of the team he owns, with his nickname (''GUSHTERA'') on it.




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Another mob boss.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Ivo kills him when he takes over, to show that he isn't screwing around and allowing anyone to make deals behind his back.]]

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* NumberTwo: He's the one Popov usually commands to manage things for him.






** JurisdictionFriction: He is sometimes the source or simply the messenger for this when DANS tries to take Djaro's case from Popov.



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A young mobster who's Djaro's right hand and runs most of his operations.
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* BaldOfEvil: He's always with a shaved head and he's a ruthless mob boss.
* TheDragon: To Djaro. [[spoiler: Until he turns on him.]]
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: He has been taking Djaro's mistrust for a while, but he snaps when Djaro orders him dead out of paranoia.]]




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A gangster high in the hierarchy of Djaro's group who's basically the third-in-command.
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* FamilyValuesVillain: He's the only one out of Djaro's gang who is a family man. He cares deeply about his wife and son.
* TheMafia: Unlike most characters, he is much more similar to an Italian gangster than an Eastern European one.
* NobleDemon: Hook insists that he's an "honest gangster" - he won't turn on his "brothers" and won't engage in needless killing or things such as smuggling underage girls. He also keeps a life debt and respects people on the other side if he has seen that they're decent. That said, killing other mobsters or cops [[NothingPersonal that he doesn't know personally]] as part of the business is fine by him.
* ReligiousBruiser: He suddenly becomes a devoted Christian after he gets [[spoiler: falsely]] diagnosed with terminal cancer.
* SharpDressedMan: He's one of the two gangsters on the show that almost always wears suits. The other is Djaro, but unlike him, Hook wears a suit when he's out doing the dirty work.
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* TheDon: Owing to his cunning, viciousness and tenacity, he's considered a first among equals by the rest of the Bulgarian mob bosses.
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* TragicKeepsake: An old, battered Zippo firecracker. It's what [[spoiler: he thinks]] Djaro used to set his friends on fire and escape with confiscated money.


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* EvilFormerFriend: To Popov. Djaro's flashback reveals that he actually started resenting Popov, calling him a sycophant, when the latter was considered for promotion.

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A former police officer in a team which included Popov and Mironov, Petar Tudjarov is now a shady businessman and crime boss who's at the top of Bulgaria's mafia hierarchy.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: What is publicly known and verifiable is that he's a ruthless owner of a construction firm who doesn't care if he'll pour his asphalt over a 2000-year-old Thracian tomb as soon as he gets his money. In reality, that's the least ruthless thing he's done.
* DomesticAbuser: He's only a gentleman for show. If you're a woman and get him angry by spying on him, failing him or refusing to cooperate,he will knock you down to the floor with a slap. [[spoiler: When he gets high on coke after ordering Boyana's death, he orders Asya and when she refuses to snort some, he rapes her and violently kills her.]] [[spoiler: When ''that'' is what Elitza walks in on, he rapes and murders her too.]]
--> '''Elitza Vladeva:''' [[spoiler: Do you kill every woman you fuck?]]
* LawmanGoneBad: Popov reveals that they used to be on the same team [[spoiler: until he betrayed them and left the other two (Mironov and Stenli) for dead in order to steal some gangsters' money for himself]]. [[spoiler: It later turns out that he and Mironov planned the theft together, but Mironov was the one who shot Stenli, while Djaro would have just made off with the money.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Traviata''.
* RabidCop: He was sadistic even when he was still one.
* SuddenlyShouting: He usually speaks in a low purr, even [[TranquilFury when angry]]. However, sometimes he BURSTS into a roar either when he's about to kill someone, or just to scare them shitless.
* WickedCultured: A textbook example. He collects (read: steals) ancient artifacts and medieval katanas, knows his wine and loves listening to Verdi.
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* BecomingTheMask: Zigzagged. He never abandons his post, but he becomes deeply entrenched with the criminal world, perpetrates a lot of heavy crimes to protect his cover, and sometimes plays for himself or does favors to his friends in the underworld, risking Popov's wrath.

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* BecomingTheMask: Zigzagged. He never abandons his post, but he becomes deeply entrenched with the criminal world, perpetrates a lot of heavy crimes to protect his cover, and sometimes plays for himself or does favors to his friends in the underworld, risking Popov's wrath.wrath or the success of a mission.

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A young officer Popov met at a borstal. He's been trained since he was a child and now Popov has him infiltrate Djaro's group.
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* BecomingTheMask: Zigzagged. He never abandons his post, but he becomes deeply entrenched with the criminal world, perpetrates a lot of heavy crimes to protect his cover, and sometimes plays for himself or does favors to his friends in the underworld, risking Popov's wrath.
* TykeBomb: First his father trained him to be a thief, then Popov trained him to be an elite police officer.



* TheMole: He snitches to Ivo Andonov.

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* TheMole: He snitches sells information to Ivo Andonov.

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The head of an inspection team at the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime at the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior. His main concern is the criminal group around his former coworker, Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov.

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The head of an inspection team at the General GDBOP (General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime Crime) at the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior. His main concern is the criminal group around his former coworker, Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov.




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The newest member of Popov's team.
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* {{Nepotism}}: He was assigned to the team thanks to his grandfather, a general. However, he's capable and loyal and quickly learns to work with the team.
* NewMeat: He's young and cocky, which often earns him a scolding.




!! Commissar Slavov
The head of GDCOC.

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\n!! Commissar Slavov\nThe A detective from the Sofia City Police Department, transferred to head of GDCOC.Popov's team[[spoiler: after Nikolov's death]].



* CowboyCop: He's a grizzled cop who plays rough and gets results quickly.
* TwerpSweating: He excels at more brutal forms of this.

!! Commissar Slavov
The head of GDBOP.
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* BenevolentBoss:

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* BenevolentBoss:
BenevolentBoss: He does what he can to help Popov in his job.




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A high-ranking officer from the [[StateSec State Agency for National Security]] who temporarily replaces Popov.
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* InterserviceRivalry: He looks down on GDBOP personnel and considers them "dumb cops".
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: He takes pride in having served with the US Secret Service and won't shut up about it, peppering his speech with Anglicisms and bemoaning how GDBOP is "stuck in communist times" (read: obsolete).
* TheNiedermeyer: He alienates the team by acting superior the moment he arrives.
* SlaveToPR: He plans on staging spectacular actions just to get the media's attention.


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The head of an inspection team at the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime at the Bulgarian Ministry of the Interior. His main concern is the criminal group around his former coworker, Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov.
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* ByTheBookCop: Downplayed. Popov likes to maintain a professional attitude and work ethic, but is willing to bend the rules if it means he'll get closer to catching Djaro. He's in an odd position of coming off as a CowboyCop to his boss and playing this trope to his team of {{Cowboy Cop}}s, especially later on.
* KickedUpstairs: [[spoiler: Djaro tries to move some levers to get Popov promoted to a thankless managerial position and thus take his own case from him. Popov's boss hears about it and resigns, putting Popov in his place and in high command of the team he just left.]]
* KnightTemplar: Putting Djaro behind bars is his obsession and he will do anything within the confines of his legal authority to keep pursuing the case, even against his higher-ups.
* MarriedToTheJob: His marriage suffers from his relentless pursuit of his arch-enemy.
** WhyDontYouMarryIt: Margarita once outright tells him to marry Djaro.




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The head of GDCOC.
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* BeleagueredBoss: He's sympathetic with Popov's plight, but comes under a lot of pressure from the Ministry's Chief Secretary when Popov gets outwitted on several occasions, in what would have been some very public police actions.
* BenevolentBoss:
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!! Chief Inspector[[spoiler: (later Commissar)]] Emil Popov

!! Undercover Officer[[spoiler: (later Inspector)]] Martin Hristov

!! [[spoiler:Chief ]]Inspector Vassil Nikolov

!! Inspector Mihail Zarev

!! Inspector Atanas Kirov

!! Inspector Todor Todorov

!! [[spoiler:Chief ]]Inspector Momchil Neshev

!! Commissar Slavov

!! Commissar Bogdan Benishev

!! Inspector Krustan Grigorov


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!! Peter "Djaro" Tudjarov

!! Ivo Andonov

!! Rossen "Hook" Gatzov

!! Zdravko "Hair" Kiselov

!! Nikolai and Tihomir "The Twins"

!! Angel "Gele" Yakimov

!! Krum

!! Rafael

!! Boyana Vassileva

!! General Penev

!! Alexander Mironov

!! Anton Damyanov

!! Ventzislav "Vein Ventzy" Venev

!! "Metho the Powerlifter"

!! "Lizard"

!! "Greasy"


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!! Faruq Aykan

!! Bardem Aykan

!! Ak Hassan


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!! Kiril "Kiro the Legend" Hristov

!! The Hackers

!! Spas


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!!Margarita Popova

!! Zornitza Popova

!! Silvia "Sunny" Veleva

!! Adriana

!! Tzveta Andonova

!! Ana Nedelcheva

!! Zhelev

!! Chilingirov

!! Asya Panteva

!! Elitza Vladeva

!! Nia Tudjarova
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Character list for the Bulgarian series ''[[Series/Undercover2011 Pod prikritie]]''

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[[folder: Bulgarian underworld]]
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[[folder: Turkish underworld]]
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[[folder: Other criminals]]
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[[folder: Others]]
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