Migrants have crashed on the Haskovo - Dimitrovgrad road while being chased by police. Seven people were detained, six of them without identity documents. The driver, a Syrian national, has a residence registration in the town of Harmanli. The car..
"Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maria Gabriel announced that the budget of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings will be increased by 194%. It transpired during the national conference on the prevention and..
A network trafficking young women for prostitution has been broken up, Nova TV reported. The girls worked in clubs in the capital for a fee of 100 leva (51 euro). The traffickers were involved in recruiting, soliciting, providing sexual services and..
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..
The victims of human trafficking in Bulgaria in 2022 were more than 150, according to data of the prosecutor's office. These are just the reported cases with ongoing pre-trial proceedings. The actual number of victims remains a mystery, but the problem..
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of lawsuits involving human trafficking, the prosecutor’s office announced. In 2019 there were 670 new lawsuits, and in 2022 - 2 , 626 . 2,208 people were convicted last year as against 720..
Bulgaria and Turkey have confirmed the joint commitment of both countries to guarantee the protection of the rights of their citizens and the borders of the Euro-Atlantic area . This became clear at a meeting today in Ankara of the Chief Prosecutor of..
Early this morning, about 10 people were detained in a special operation of the special anti-organized crime police unit against illegal human trafficking . The large-scale operation is against a large organized crime group and is taking place..
A phone call to Bulgaria’s National Human Trafficking Hotline costs nothing, but it can save the life and health of a person unwittingly caught up in the networks of criminal groups. This is the main message of the campaign "Do you see me?" - a joint..
The National Commission for Combating Human Trafficking and the "Campaign A21" Foundation are launching today a joint campaign aimed at the prevention of human trafficking for the purpose of labor and sexual exploitation. The..
