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BULGARIA AND FRANCE BUST TOGETHER ORGANISED CRIMINAL GROUP

Tue, Jul 03 2007 14:34 CET

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The service for combating human trafficking in the French town of Reims and Bulgarian border police busted an organised criminal group involved in trafficking in women.

French investigators detained four men aged 30 to 37 from the Bulgarian town of Dobrich. They organised trafficking in women to Western Europe. The men involved in the scheme 20 women from northeastern Bulgaria, who were taken abroad and forced them into prostitution.

The group is active since May 2006. Bulgarian border police joined the investigation in the beginning of 2007.

Group leaders and their assistants have acted on the territory of northeastern France.

Police officers also detained a prostitute who controlled the rest of the girls.

Another criminal group for women trafficking used for sexual services was busted in March 2007 with the co-operation of French police in Bulgaria.

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