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Seven detained in Bulgaria for siphoning off money from bank cards

Seven persons have been apprehended for siphoning off money from bank cards in a joint operation conducted by Bulgarian law enforcement services and Europol on the territory of Bulgaria, the Interior Ministry has announced.

Interior Ministry Secretary General Mladen Marinov specified that a Bulgarian-Spanish criminal gang had been broken up dealing in cloning and siphoning off money from bank cards, but refused any more information on the grounds that there is an ongoing investigation conducted jointly with other countries. 



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