At least ten border guards have been involved in various migrant smuggling schemes.

This was announced by the Acting Minister of Internal Affairs, Ivan Demerdzhiev

Ivan Demerdzhiev is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience.

He was born in 1975 in Plovdiv.

In 2001 in Plovdiv.

They were in different territorial divisions of the "Border Police" on the border with Turkey.

"With increasing migrant pressure, the processes of attracting police officers into these trafficking schemes have obviously increased," he commented.

Demerdzhiev: "Border Police" officers who are involved in the trafficking of migrants are being investigated

"Internal Security" is working on clarifying this issue in cooperation with the prosecutor's office.

"We will proceed with the relocation of people for whom we do not have sufficient evidence that they are involved in such trafficking, but we have convincing data," added Demerdzhiev.

Ivan Demerdzhiev

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