Vasil Nikolov

Vasil Nikolov was a high-ranking police officer, a close friend of Emil Popov and one of the main detectives who investigated crime lord Petar Tudzharov. Initially appearing later one as a corrupt cop, who is fetching information to Dzharo, it is later revealed that Dzharo was blackmailing him with compromising evidence and that Nikolov was working undercover as a corrupt officer, while in reality he was an agent for the American Secret Service, who suspect Dzharo of counterfeiting money. Nikolov appeared as the hidden tertiary antagonist of Season One and as an ally and main character in the first half of Season Two until his death in Season 2, Episode 3.

Early life
Nikolov was born in Elin Pelin, where his parents were workers at the local plant. Since he was a kid, he wanted to become a police officer, so he enrolled in the Police Academy, but his grades were enough for him to be stationed in the seventh district.

Later he began working in CDCOC, where he met with Emil Popov and the two became close friends, with Nikolov serving most of the time as Popov's right-hand man.

Season 1
TBD

Season 2
TBD

Aftermath
TBD

Trivia

 * He is the first major police officer who gets killed during his line of duty in the series, later being followed by officers Momchil Neshev and Ivo Manolov.