Migrant-Smuggling Gang Caught in Bulgaria

Migrant-Smuggling Gang Caught in Bulgaria
Bulgarian special police force officers are pictured after detaining a suspect during an operation in Bulgaria, Nov. 14, 2017. Bulgarian Interior Ministry Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
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SOFIA—Bulgarian authorities have smashed a gang suspected of smuggling migrants into Western Europe, prosecutors said in a statement on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

Eight people, including two Pakistanis, were charged with smuggling offences after they transported migrants, mainly Pakistanis, Afghans and Iraqis, from Turkey into Romania and then to Hungary and Austria, the statement said.