There has been a dramatic increase in the number of lawsuits involving human trafficking, the prosecutor’s office announced. In 2019 there were 670 new lawsuits, and in 2022 - 2 , 626 . 2,208 people were convicted last year as against 720..
At a press briefing, when asked about the case in which the bodies of 18 migrants were found in a truck near the village of Lokorsko, President Rumen Radev pointed out that in other countries the perpetrators of similar crimes receive tens of years in..
Due to the geopolitical situation, the economic and humanitarian crisis, the earthquake in Turkey and Syria and the problems in the Middle East, a new large wave of migrants to Bulgaria is expected . The Bulgarian border is guarded under..
Three Europol employees have been sent to Bulgaria to investigate the tragedy with the 18 dead migrants found in a truck near the village of Lokorsko, European Commission sources said. Two officers have been sent to assist the border..
The secret compartment of the timber truck in which the Afghan migrants died of suffocation was meant for 25-30 people. Out of greed, the traffickers crammed in 52 , Borislav Sarafov, director of the National Investigative Service, told a news..
Seven arrests have been made so far after authorities found a truck with 18 dead migrants yesterday. The deceased, including a 7-8-year-old child, were from Afghanistan. They died of suffocation in the vehicle, which was found near the Sofia village of..
In Bulgarian society, there is a group of children to whom almost no attention is paid. They often remain invisible, and in the last 10 years their number has been constantly increasing. These are the refugee children who left their homes, homeland,..
39 undocumented foreign nationals were detained for 24 hours during an inspection of a minibus near the Varna district of Asparuhovo , the regional directorate of the Ministry of Interior in Montana said. The vehicle, owned by a Sofia company, was..
Fleeing war, violence and poverty, unaccompanied children often join migrant caravans and cross borders in search of a happier destiny in someone's distant land. If luck is with them, they are successfully integrated and given a future in a..
Bulgaria and Turkey have confirmed the joint commitment of both countries to guarantee the protection of the rights of their citizens and the borders of the Euro-Atlantic area . This became clear at a meeting today in Ankara of the Chief Prosecutor of..
