Europol

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov announced that the main requirements to enter Schengen from the Dutch side are for Bulgaria to have a functioning justice system, and from Austria's side - to reduce the migration flow.

A series of raids carried out simultaneously across Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and Germany on May 24 resulted with the arrest of "37 members of a highly violent criminal cell from the Western Balkans," Europe's law enforcement agency, Europol, stated on Friday. 

Bulgaria joined the first global multi-agency operation codenamed 30 Days at Sea. The purpose of the operation is to ascertain violations and crimes resulting to pollution of sea environment, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

A total of 276 law enforcement and environmental agencies from 58 countries took part at the operation between October 1 and 31, led by Europol.

Europol's latest report on the terrorist threat in the EU says one of main threats to the countries of the Western Balkans is the return home of foreign terrorist fighters, FTFs.

Spain detained a man suspected as a leader of an organized group of cyber criminals who stole nearly 1 billion euros from over 100 banks in 40 countries around the world since 2013, said Europol. Money laundering has been done with the help of three generations of malicious software. It penetrated banking systems through electronic communications of bank employees.

Restrictions on the movement around the National Palace of Culture were introduced on the occasion of the meeting of the joint parliamentary control group on Europol. It is forbidden to enter and park vehicles on "Dospat" Street between "Vitosha" Blvd. and "Baba Nedelya" Str. on "Baba Nedelya" Str. and "Dr Hristo Stambolski" Str.