The National Service for Combating Organized Crime (NSCOC) detained four persons suspected of being accomplices or members of rings smuggling meat, electronics and illegally transferring money from Bulgaria, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Boiko Borissov announced. The rings ran via Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, Hungary and Bulgaria. The group of arrested persons includes well-known criminals. The illegal operations involved VAT leakages through foreign-owned Bulgaria-based companies. The scale of the operations is estimated at USD 10 M.