Brussels, 01/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Franco Frattini, visiting Bulgaria on 31 July, has stressed the need to take rapid measures to stamp out corruption at judicial system level. He said, “I hope that all the changes of the (Bulgarian) constitution, which will eliminate the doubts for possible influence on the judiciary, will be adopted soon,” according to a report from Focus News Agency. Although the European Commission has recorded a reduction in low level corruption over the years, Mr Frattini considered that the Bulgarian police should concentrate their efforts on organised crime and on cases of small to medium level corruption. He congratulated Bulgaria, however, on its progress in combating crime. Bulgarian interior minister Rumen Petkov told Mr Frattini of four recent successful operations carried out by the special services, which saw the dismantling of groups involved in drug and people trafficking and in carrousel fraud. Sofia's chief of police Rumen Stoyanov said he thought that organised crime had been reduced by two thirds thanks to the video surveillance system installed in the Bulgarian capital. Since the system came into operation four months ago, 800 cases of stolen cars have been dealt with. Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov thanked Mr Frattini for his assistance to Bulgaria's accession to the EU (see EUROPE 9193).