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5 people detained in Bulgaria under European arrest warrant

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5 people were detained in a Police operation in Sofia, Pernik and Razlog under a European arrest warrant, Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office announced. The detainees are part of an international organized crime group dismantled in 2020. It was involved in fictitious trade in financial instruments, cybercrime and money laundering. Three Bulgarians, a Czech citizen and a Montenegrin citizen were arrested during the operation.

In 2020, three Bulgarians and a German citizen were detained in Bulgaria. Another five people were arrested in Serbia. In Germany and Austria, more than 1,100 people became victims of fraud crimes amounting to EUR 9.2 million, reported BTA.




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