Bulgarian Police intercepted a van with 37 illegal migrants on Struma motorway near the town of Pernik. The detained young men said they were nationals of Afghanistan. The Sofia-plated van was driven by a 20-year-old Bulgarian with a criminal record...
Greek authorities have agreed to extradite to Bulgaria former border policeman Valentin Hristov , wanted for involvement in a criminal group trafficking illegal migrants. The group is being investigated for a recent tragedy in which 18 Afghani migrants..
Police in Veliko Tarnovo detained 13 illegal migrants and three Bulgarians who were transporting them . The migrants, who claim to be from Afghanistan, were trying to reach Serbia, BNR correspondent Zdravka Maslyankova reported. The arrest was made..
The increased migratory pressure along the Bulgaria-Turkey border has been causing more and more problems for the locals, and for institutions in Bulgaria. The number of migrants admitted to the district hospital in Yambol has also gone up, which only..
Five illegal migrants from Pakistan have been detained in Sofia’s Lyulin residential area after a car chased with police. The police officers signaled a van on the road but the driver refused to comply, and a car chase ensued. Ultimately the..
In the municipality of Bolyarovo, on the border with Turkey, the operation of the border police department, closed in June 2022, has already partially been restored. 35 border guards are currently appointed, while there were 100 employees a..
The drivers of vans carrying illegal migrants in Bulgaria receive instructions from migrant smugglers to hit police cars and cause damage if chased by police . This was announced to the BNR by the Director of the Border Police, Chief Commissioner..
One illegal migrant has died in a road accident on Trakia Motorway near Chirpan. A minibus carrying 47 illegal migrants from Afghanistan had a flat tire and crashed. There is an increased police presence on the scene. The law enforcement..
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..
