Bulgarian Authorities Disrupted Migrant Trafficking Ring

Bulgaria’s prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Interior disrupted on 23rd of May a criminal group for migrant trafficking. The migrants were smuggled from Turkey through Bulgaria to Serbia and Romania. The trafickers received between 700 and 1,200 euros per person.

The large-scale operation took place in the cities of Haskovo, Sofia, Vidin, Sevlievo and Dimitrovgrad. 20 people were arrested for 24 hours, including Bulgarians, Afghans and Syrians. Six of them have been charged and request will be submitted to the court for imposing a permanent arrest. Some of the detained were responsible for securing the smuggling through the Turkish-Bulgarian border and the transportation to Sofia. Others were in charge for the seamless crossing into Serbia or Romania. The foreigners are only witnesses in the case.The authoritiess have no data for them being related to extremist groups.