Criminal law
Bulgaria: A 36-year-old Man is going to Court for Threatening to Kill a Woman
A 36-year-old man has been brought to criminal responsibility for threatening to kill a woman, reports the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office.
In the past 2 months: Authorities foiled nearly 47,000 Attempts to enter Bulgaria Illegally
The intensified work to combat the illegal trafficking of migrants has achieved results in the past two months, reports the Ministry of the Interior. After the operations ordered by the Minister of the Interior, Kalin Stoyanov, to counteract the flow of migrants passing through Bulgaria, only for the period June 1 - July 31, 46,940 attempts to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border were prevented.
Dozens of phony passports found in forger bust
Two men aged 36 and 41 have been arrested for forgery, violating immigration laws and other crimes after police found 196 phony passports, driver's licenses, ID cards and residence permits during raids on their respective homes in downtown Athens, the force said in a press release on Thursday.
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Arson and punishment
The people who cause devastating and sometimes even deadly wildfires every year are effectively not treated like criminals. This is not only because the punishments foreseen in the law are utterly disproportionate to the consequences of their actions.
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Over 10,000 illegal migrants held in Istanbul amid intensifying ops
The irregular migrant operations spearheaded by the Interior Ministry in Istanbul have gained significant traction, resulting in the detention and deportation of more than 10,000 illegal immigrants in the last 20 days.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya revealed last week that 15,791 illegal and irregular migrants were apprehended across Türkiye in the past month.
Bulgaria: Over 300 Illegal Migrants were Identified in a Police Operation against Traffickers
More than 300 illegal migrants have been identified as part of the large-scale operation of the Ministry of the Interior, the State Police and the Prosecutor's Office against illegal trafficking, which began yesterday. 15 persons have been detained, more than 19 fast-track proceedings have been initiated, announced the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Petar Todorov.
Bulgaria: 40 Illegal Migrants found in a Warehouse near Sofia (PHOTO)
40 illegal migrants were found in a warehouse near Sofia, Nova TV reported. Police detained three persons sympathetic to the organization for the illegal trafficking of migrants.
Photo: Nikolay Hristov, Bulgarian National Radio
Over 3,500 illegal migrants caught in Istanbul in last 6 days
With the intensifying efforts to combat illegal migration in Istanbul, security forces have apprehended more than 3,500 individuals in the last six days, while foreigners who live registered in the city stated that they were satisfied with the inspections, local media has reported.
Huge backlog of criminal cases
A report compiled by the Athens Prosecutor's Office showed that, every year, 140,000 criminal charges are filed at the office, a huge number that explains the backlog of cases pending in the country's judicial system. These cases are investigated by just 12 prosecutors, which means that each prosecutor has to handle 11,500 criminal charges a year.
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Bulgaria: Nationwide Police Operation against Illegal Migration
A specialized police operation against illegal migration has been launched across the country, BNR reported.
The police, together with the prosecutor's office, will attack the so-called "Havalari".