Smuggling

An Albanian ant-drugs operation focused on the town of Elbasan and some areas nearby in central Albania - an area well known for its crime and drugs presence - has resulted in 45 detentions. Seven more suspects remain at large.

At the proposal of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, the court extended the custody of G.G., uncle of U.B., for another 30 days, who is suspected of killing eight and wounding 12 people in the vicinity of Mladenovac.
This was confirmed for Tanjug in the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office.

They are suspected of having committed the criminal offense of illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive substances.

At least 78 people died and hundreds more are missing at sea, presumed dead, after a boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy capsized in international waters south-west of Greece early on Wednesday.

A woman was arrested on Thursday after officers at the Kipi Border Station in northeastern Greece found more than 9 kilograms of heroin hidden in her personal belongings.

The drugs were divided in 34 nylon packages and hidden in striped pillowcases in a suitcase placed in the trunk of a taxi, with which she attempted to enter from Turkey.

Türkiye has been elected as a member of the Subsidiary Committee of the Meeting of States Parties to the "UNESCO 1970 Convention," which is an international treaty to combat the illegal trade in cultural items.

Türkiye's membership in the committee will work to promote the protection of cultural assets and their return to their homelands.

Four-year membership

Authorities in North Macedonia said Monday that 10 men were arrested as suspected members of an international people smuggling ring following an investigation that lasted nearly two years.

Bulgaria will help Rishi Sunak to stop illegal immigration - under this headline, the newspaper "Times" informs about a new cooperation being prepared between London and Sofia to combat with human traffickers.

Five officers from the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department in northeastern Greece were arrested on Monday after a five-month investigation and charged with smuggling migrants from Turkey, authorities announced on Tuesday.

Police officers in northern Greece arrested two people from drug trafficking on Tuesday night after discovering more than 12 kilos of heroin in their car.

The suspects, a 33-year-old foreign national, believed to be a leading member of a bigger drug ring, and a 27-year-old Greek woman, believed to be a member of the gang, where stopped at the Malgara toll station, near Thessaloniki.