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406 people were arrested for migrant trafficking and 612 for drug trafficking this month. This is indicated by the data of the Specialized Interdepartmental Unit between the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was created to support the investigation of pre-trial proceedings.

The Hellenic Coast Guard apprehended 51 undocumented migrants (42 men, eight women, and a minor) who disembarked from a yacht on Mykonos' Agia Anna Beach on Wednesday afternoon.

The three passengers on the yacht were arrested when the undocumented migrants identified them as smugglers. 

A criminal organization that facilitated the illegal entry of foreign migrants into Greece has been dismantled on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes, authorities said on Wednesday.

Nearly 40 illegal migrants were caught by the police early this morning on the Trakia highway.

The foreign citizens were in a van in the area of "Crna Matsa", on the way to Sofia.

Police presence has been increased on site.

It is assumed that the migrants are from Afghanistan.

34 illegal migrants were detained at the entrance to Sofia.

They are Afghans. They traveled for 8 days from Turkey to Bulgaria.

Police officers on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes carried out a raid on a hotel that had been hosting dozens of undocumented migrants on Thursday.

The hotel's owner and two employees were arrested and face charges for facilitating the illegal stay of third country nationals in Greece.

According to local media, the police was acting on a tipoff.

A van with illegal migrants was stopped on "Trakia" highway at the entrance of Sofia to the ring road.

When stopped for inspection, about 30 men, foreign citizens, without documents were found in it. They are in good condition, as they claim to be citizens of Afghanistan, it became clear from information of "Focus" from the Sofia Police.

Greek authorities foiled the illegal entry of 2,720 undocumented migrants into the country between August 14 and 17, as announced on Sunday.

During the same time frame, police apprehended 85 undocumented migrants, as stated in the same announcement.

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.

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.