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Supreme Court of Cassation issues two year sentence of a man who tried to smuggle migrants to Romania

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Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation issued a two year sentence in prison of a man who tried to smuggle migrants to Romania and pay a bribe to a customs officer. The man named Kemal Turan tried to smuggle the migrants in April last year. The customs officer was offered a bribe worth EUR 2,500 during the inspection of a refrigerator truck. Forty one migrants, including four children were found in the truck. Turan refused to plead guilty and appealed the sentence twice so far.




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