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An organized criminal group for trafficking of illegal migrants was dismantled in Sofia

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The law enforcement authorities in Sofia have dismantled a group trafficking migrants from the capital city to villages in Vidin region, the Prosecutor’s Office reported. Two people have been detained. Both of them have made confessions.

They were transporting illegal foreigners from the Sofia region to the border villages of Golemanovo and Kireevo, from where they crossed into the territory of the Republic of Serbia.




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