Human trafficking in Bulgaria

387 Bulgarians Became Victims of Trafficking since the Beginning of the Year - Most of Them - Women

387 Bulgarians became victims of trafficking for the first 9 months of 2019. 258 of them were women, trafficked for sexual exploitation and 56 for forced labor. 51 are pregnant women sent abroad to sell their babies.

The National Anti-Trafficking Commission said today that every year victims of trafficking are between 450 and 500 people, as nearly 87% of them are women. 

Human traffickers sentenced to 282 years in prison in Greece

Four people, including two Turks, have been sentenced to a total of 282 years in prison in Greece for human trafficking.

Two Turkish nationals and two Syrian nationals arrested on a boat carrying 138 illegal migrants to Greece last year were found guilty of human trafficking by a court in Heraklion, the administrative capital on the island of Crete.