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A new factory built with Czech investment officially opened its doors in Plovdiv
In a joint operation of the Spanish Civil Guard and Europol, 18 people were arrested by a criminal group operating an illegal cigarette factory in the Spanish city of Granada, TASS reported.
The authorities of Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine have been cooperating to carry out the operation, according to a release from Wednesday by the European Police Service.
Criminals have invested three million euros in the factory and even created their own trademark. Workers, mostly citizens of Bulgaria and Ukraine, lived in nearby rental flats and worked 12 hours a day in extremely poor working conditions. The capacity of the factory was two million single cigarettes a day.
According to Europol's announcement, after the yesterday's operation, the factory was closed, and during the searches carried out in eight warehouses in the Granada and Málaga area were seized 10 tons of tobacco leaves, 4 tons of tobacco, 4.5 million cigarettes, equipment, filters , paper and adhesives. For the arrested, allegations were made of illegal trade, involvement in a criminal group, money laundering and human rights violations.
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Three Ukrainian nationals, aged 22, 24, and 25, have been detained by order of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office in connection with the kidnapping of a 17-year-old Ukrainian boy in Sofia
In Thessaloniki, police officers intervened after hearing the cries of an 11-month-old baby left unattended on a balcony
A 20-year-old woman from the village of Kalitinovo, Stara Zagora Province, has been detained by police following a stabbing incident at a restaurant in Sunny Beach.
Tension gripped the Bulgarian city of Varna on Tuesday evening following the death of 36-year-old Yavor Georgiev
A total of 130 people are being removed from three illegal adult care facilities in Varna following an operation carried out Monday night - the third such action in recent weeks
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