Europol: Bulgaria Used as Key Transit Hub on Turkey-EU Migrant Smuggling Route

Europol has identified Bulgaria as a key transit country along a migrant smuggling route running from Turkey toward Western Europe, according to a new report released today. The analysis outlines how criminal networks operating in the region used Bulgaria as part of a broader cross-border trafficking corridor. A regional operational task force has been established involving Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Romania, and Serbia to combat these networks....