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Bulgarian police have captured a shipment of 96 kilograms of heroin at the country's border with Turkey in an anti-narcotics operation coordinated with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA

Turkish authorities seized nearly 36,000 kg of narcotics in the first half of 2010, according to the US State Department's annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, published on Thursday (March 3rd)

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Boris Velchev has proposed a six-month delay before launching the special anti-mafia tribunals, which were expected to start operating from August 2011.

Trafficking took on a new dimension late last month when Greek and Bulgarian authorities, acting on a tip, broke up a crime ring that bought and sold newborn babies. Baby boys fetched a higher price than girls, and skin color was a further factor

An explosion hit the offices of a Bulgarian newspaper Thursday morning (February 10th), causing minor damage, but no injuries

Illegal distribution of cigarettes is taking place in two Bulgarian towns.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan said: “Bulgaria’s government is a target of the organised crime”

The Sofia City Court convicted the former head of the tax agency.

Bulgarian customs officers seized around 27 kilogrammes of heroin.