A Bulgarian truck driver has been detained in the Italian Adriatic port of Brindisi as he was trying to traffic 12 foreigners into the country.

All of the twelve illegal immigrants came from various countries from outside the EU, the BTA agency reported citing Italian media.

The rather diverse group of illegal aliens was hidden in truck among the goods that it transported – rubber pipes for watering systems.

The truck has been confiscated, and the immigrants have been repatriated immediately. No information has been provided of the identity of the Bulgarian driver, nor has it been specified where the truck came from. One of the most likely scenarios is that it got to Brindisi via Greece by ferry.

It is still unclear whether the driver was aware of the 12 illegal immigrants in the truck.
Sofia News Agency

Similar story was that a Pregnant Irish girl got stopped by imigration for dope carring

From Novinite

Bulgarians Arrested in Greece for Child Trafficking

Bulgarian nationals of Roma origin have been arrested in Greece for trafficking and selling babies, in a joint operation by Greek and Bulgarian police.

The operation targets what is suspected to be one of the biggest networks for selling of children in Greece, which is reported to operate in Athens, Lamia and Seres, according to information by the Bulgarian National Radio.

The Bulgarian Roma arrested have been traveling back and forth to Greece for 10 years now.

They are suspected of selling babies to childless families.

Doctors and notaries have also been detained in Greece. Additional arrests have been made in Bulgaria, but no details are given for the time being.

From Novinite

Bulgaria, Greece Bust Large Child Trafficking Network

9 Bulgarian nationals of Roma origin have been arrested in Greece and 5 more in Bulgaria in a joint operation by the police forces of the two neighbors directed against an organized network that trafficked and sold newborn kids.

The operation targets what is suspected to be one of the biggest networks for the selling of children in Greece, which is reported to operate in Athens, Lamia and Seres.

The Bulgarian Roma arrested have been traveling back and forth to Greece for 10 years now. In Greece, doctors and notaries have also been detained. The operation in Bulgaria took place in the northern Black Sea city of Varna.

The police op has been prepared over the last six months. 14 cases have been ascertained in which women, predominantly of Roma origin, have been solicited and convinced to sell their newborn babies to childless families.

Baby-girls were sold for EUR 18-20,000, while male children were exchanged for some EUR 25,000.

In almost all of the cases, the mothers agreed voluntarily to do so, for which they had to travel to Greece to give birth, after which to agree to leave their child for adoption.

In most of the cases the mothers did not receive the full arranged price for the transaction, the rest going to the intermediators.

The participants in the networks can get up to 15 years in jail and fines of EUR 50,000. Mothers who sold their children appear not to be criminally liable, as they have cooperated with the police.