Crimes

32 suspects held in fraud network crackdown

Police have apprehended 32 individuals allegedly involved in a sophisticated fraud network in the southern province of Mersin.

The operation, conducted under the coordination of the chief public prosecutor's office in the city, unveiled a web of deceit that spanned various fraudulent schemes, resulting in a collective profit of 180 million Turkish Liras ($5.6 million).

Fewer thugs, more violence, student survey indicates

A nationwide survey points to a greater intensity in violent conflicts among teenagers and an increase in digital bullying. 

The 2022 survey of 6,250 students aged 11, 13 and 15 by the Costas Stefanis Research University Institute of Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine showed that one in three (30.7%) had been involved in a violent incident in the past year. 

UNICEF Report Discloses: Every Second Child in Bulgaria Faces Violence

A recent report by UNICEF has uncovered distressing levels of violence inflicted upon children in Bulgaria. Christina de Bruin, UNICEF's Representative in Bulgaria, reveals disturbing statistics to BNR. The findings indicate that every second child in the country has endured some form of violence before reaching adulthood.

Scores of organized crime cases pending

Hundreds of organized crime trials have been left pending due to an abstention of lawyers that lasted for two years owing to their opposition to a provision in the Penal Code passed in 2020. 

The provision in question set out the criminal treatment of those convicted on misdemeanor or felony criminal organization charges, sparking the universal reaction by lawyers across the country.

Fox killed and hung from tree on Kefalonia

Shocking images of animal cruelty have emerged from the island of Kefalonia, where an unknown perpetrator killed a fox, strapped it to two pieces of wood shaped like a crucifix and then hung it from a tree near a main road.

The gruesome spectacle was spotted by a local resident, who published photographs of it on social media.

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