1,277 pre-trial proceedings for trafficking have been initiated since the beginning of 2023, Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov announced at a forum in Brussels. This is 60% more in comparison to the same period of 2022. More than 90% of the persons involved in the trafficking networks operating on the territory of the country are not Bulgarian citizens.
Nearly half of all pre-trial proceedings have been initiated in recent months after new legislative changes came into force. In the period August to October, more than 400 buses, trucks and cars used to transport migrants were seized. The number of convictions for human trafficking also increased by 31%. 809 persons have been convicted for the first 9 months of the year. The number is three times higher in comparison to 2021.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends that Bulgarian citizens refrain from traveling to Israel and Palestine due to the rapidly changing security situation in the Middle East in recent days, BTA reported. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs..
Thursday will be sunny and warm across the country , with a light north-easterly wind. Minimum temperatures will be between 13°C and 21°C, with a low of 13°C in Sofia. Highs will be between 32°C and 37°C, 32°C in the capital. Sunny skies are..
Stanislav Balabanov, Deputy Chairman of the parliamentary group of There Is Such a People (ITN), described the meeting with the group of MPs who support the unity of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) under the leadership of its Honorary..
Smoke from the fire at the landfill in Tsalapitsa village which broke out last night over an area of around 1.6 hectares, has filled the air over..
A 9-year old boy with multiple injuries has been airlifted from Burgas to Pirogov emergency hospital in Sofia by a Spartan aircraft. The boy got..
Air quality indicators in Plovdiv and the surrounding villages are now back to normal, after the air over Plovdiv was filled with smoke from the..
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