An organized criminal group transporting migrants to the Serbian border have been detained in a special police operation, conducted by the Border Police Directorate in cooperation with the Sofia Directorate of Interior, Sofia District Prosecutor Natalia Nikolova told a briefing at the Sofia District Prosecution Office on Thursday.
Nikolova confirmed that five individuals – one woman and four men – had been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the operation, with the youngest member of the group aged 21 and the oldest aged 33. She added that all five are unemployed, and four of them have previously been convicted of transporting migrants. Nikolova also noted that the group had been operating for around a year, primarily transporting migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, Director of the Border Police Directorate, said: “This is yet another such group that we have busted. The group had been active since mid-2024. We worked on this case together with the Sofia Directorate of Interior. These groups usually have several levels, with the organizer choosing the routes and coordinating with neighbouring countries.”
He noted that searches had been carried out at thirteen addresses in Sofia Region. “In addition to money, we also found clothes made to resemble police uniforms with the words Police and Migration written on them,” Zlatanov added.
According to Zlatanov, members of the organized crime group used these “police” clothes to provide themselves with an alibi when travelling. “We also found trackers, which are small devices placed in a car or bag to allow movement to be tracked via a GPS system,” he added. He specified that the group charged each migrant between EUR 3,000 and EUR 5,000 for transport to the Serbian border.
Chief Commissioner of the Sofia Directorate of Interior Lyubomir Nikolov noted that the group had been under surveillance since last year. “In June 2024, we received information about this group and used all means of operational control over the individuals in the group,” he said. Police Arrest Five Members of Organized Crime Group Transporting Migrants to Serbian Border THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-06 12:20:43 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law