With the help of the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime, the Greek authorities have dismantled a criminal group involved in the smuggling of migrants , the Interior Ministry's press centre reported. The Bulgarian directorate was involved..
The Plovdiv Regional Court has convicted three foreign nationals of organizing the trafficking of migrants across Bulgarian territory, delivering suspended sentences and sizeable fines for the cars used. The penalty is financial as the cars used to..
During an operation by the General Directorate Combating Organised Crime, two people were detained as complicit in the international trafficking of half a kilogram of cocaine, BNT reported. The special police operation took place late..
In a letter to the MPs, the caretaker cabinet proposes amendments to the criminal code connected with harsher penalties for persons involved in the illegal trafficking of migrants. Some of the proposals aim to prevent suspended sentences. The..
Interior Ministry Chief Secretary, chief commissioner Petar Todorov and deputy Chief Secretary Stanimir Stanev have resigned , Petar Todorov has announced. The reason is the latest incident in which a police officer was injured during the attempted..
In the course of a joint operation of the Bulgarian and Swiss prosecutor's offices, an international human trafficking group was arrested, Deputy Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov reported from the town of Lukovit. Swiss authorities..
A phone call to Bulgaria’s National Human Trafficking Hotline costs nothing, but it can save the life and health of a person unwittingly caught up in the networks of criminal groups. This is the main message of the campaign "Do you see me?" - a joint..
The Haskovo District Prosecutor's Office has initiated pre-trial proceedings over trafficking of large amounts of a narcotic substance across the border of this country. On January 25, at the border with Greece near Svilengrad, 8..
More than 100 kilograms of heroin were seized at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint. The drug worth more than 4.5 million euros was found in a truck with Bosnian registration, the prosecution has reported. Three citizens of Bosnia and..
Two people have been detained for heroin trafficking in a specialized police operation. One of the detainees is a foreign national permanently residing in Bulgaria. Two other persons have been declared internationally wanted. In the course of the..
