An international crime group specialized in illegal trafficking of young women, including Bulgarian women, to Spain for the purpose of sexual exploitation has been dismantled, Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office announced at a briefing on Tuesday. The international operation was held under the name Europe. Bulgaria's Chief Directorate Combating Organized Crime and the Prosecutor’s Office took part at the international operation. 51 women from families with low incomes fell victims to human trafficking. They were mainly from the Roma minority. The gang used violence against the victims and their families. The authorities searched the homes of the members of the criminal group and seized documents, money in cash, jewelry, mobile devices, watches and a gun. All detainees have criminal records.
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is to have a female president for the first time. Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems was elected today to lead the 155-year-old institution...
At a national meeting convened by acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafo v to discuss the rise in public and domestic violence, it was declared that the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of the Interior would not tolerate such crimes. "Under my..
The clashes outside the Ivan Vazov National Theatre during the opening night of John Malkovich's production of Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man have prompted 247 theatre organisations from 39 countries to appeal to the institutions of the European Union...
"We demand the resignation of the management of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency for failing to address the problems, specifically the case with the..
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Timčo Mucunski was heard in the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. He..
On Tuesday, lows will be between 1 and 6°C, 1°C in Sofia. During the day it will remain mostly cloudy, with showers mainly in the southeast. Over..
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