“Combating trafficking in human beings and cybercrime are high on the agenda of the EU, and are a priority for the Bulgarian government,” said Interior Minister Mladen Marinov at a conference on combating human trafficking and cybercrime in Sofia.
He stated that Bulgaria has considerable successes in this sphere, adding that there have been eight investigations, jointly with other EU countries, over the January-September period alone, of them five are connected with human trafficking.
Bulgaria’s European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel laid emphasis on the enhanced cooperation with internet platforms and internet service providers as an important factor in the fight against human trafficking.
Sofia city Mayor Yordanka Fandakova on her part said that there have been two specialized services for human trafficking victims in Sofia since 2017.
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During the night it will be cloudy with rainfalls in the western and central regions of Bulgaria, as snowfalls are possible in the..
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