There is an ongoing operation of the
Chief Directorate for Combating Organized Crime with the
Interior Ministry against trafficking of artefacts, the ministry
said Wednesday.

The operation is spread among Sofia, Rousse, Veliko Turnovo,
Blagoevgrad, Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Montana, Kyustendil,
Pleven, Silistra and Lovech.

The objective of the operation is to neutralise a cross-border
organized criminal group consisting of some 50 active
members.

/BTA/