Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgaria records 336 victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in 2020

Photo: Archive

336 people in Bulgaria have become victims of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation in 2020. The main part of the victims are women - 333 out of a total of 336 people. Their traffic is directed mainly to richer countries in Europe such as Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Great Britain, France and Switzerland.
Traffickers are using increasingly "softer" methods of involvement - fraud and deception, as more and more often they use social networks, said Bulgarian Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov, BNR reported.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

“Yes, Bulgaria" wants PP-DB to support a government with the third mandate

The leadership of "Yes, Bulgaria" party proposes a plan for the coalition "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) to test the readiness for reforms in the 50th National Assembly, if there was willingness to participate in..

published on 7/9/24 8:45 AM

Bulgaria pays tribute to the patriarch of Bulgarian literature Ivan Vazov

The National Museum of Literature celebrates 174 years since the birth of Ivan Vazov. The celebration also marks the round anniversary of the first independent Bulgarian edition of the novel "Under the Yoke", published in 1894 by the publishing house..

published on 7/9/24 7:00 AM
Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev

Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev represents Bulgaria at the NATO Summit in Washington

From July 9 to 11,  Caretaker Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitar Glavchev will participate in the NATO Summit  in Washington. The delegation led by Premier Glavchev will include caretaker Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov,..

published on 7/9/24 6:05 AM