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.
Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia will Work Together against Human Traffic
The Council of Ministers approved a draft protocol on cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Government of the Republic of Northern Macedonia in the field of combating trafficking in human beings.
Bulgaria 'Still Prime Source of Human Trafficking'
Bulgaria has been a main source of people forcefully taken to Western Europe between 2011 and 2014, a report unveiled by the Council of Europe says, cited by Dnevnik.bg.
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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.