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Rob Wainright: “Bulgaria is Europol’s major regional partner in fighting organized crime”

Organized crime is a global problem nowadays. Drug trafficking or big frauds for instance affected the Bulgarians as well as the citizens of Germany, France and England, Mr. Wainright said.
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Bulgaria is a key regional partner of Europol in fighting organized crime. That was the firm statement of the Director of the European Police Service Rob Wainright after his meeting in Sofia with the Bulgarian Vice-Premier and Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who had invited him. Europol has been an agency to the EC since January 1st 2010 that has been coordinating the work of the police forces of EU member-states against the cross-border criminal activities and terrorism. Mr. Wainright discussed at the meeting with the Bulgarian Deputy Premier current investigations of organized crime gangs for human and drug trafficking, illegal emigration and money laundering. According to Mr. Wainright Bulgaria has a huge progress in fighting organized crime on the Balkans and around Europe. The last example for that was the joint police operation, called “Avalanche” that took place a few days ago. An organized crime gang was arrested then on the territory of Poland, Germany and Bulgaria. Over ten of the criminals were key figures that had stolen from bank accounts of many EU citizens about EUR 1 mln. via ATMs, using skinning devices.
Organized crime is a global problem nowadays. Drug trafficking or big frauds for instance affected the Bulgarians as well as the citizens of Germany, France and England, Mr. Wainright said.
Exclusively for Radio Bulgaria Mr. Wainright also commented the place and the role of Bulgaria on the Balkans as far as terrorism and organized crime - the main accents in the activity of Europol, were concerned:

English version: Zhivko Stanchev
По публикацията работи: Tatyana Obretenova


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