Bulgaria, Romania and Greece to cooperate in the combat against cross-border organized crime

The Cabinet approved draft agreements with Romania and Greece on the establishment of coordination centre between border police, customs and the services for administrative control of foreigners. The establishment of a coordination centre between the three countries is laid down in the National plan for adopting the Schengen law.

The agreements provide for the cooperation between Bulgaria, Greece and Romania in the combat against illegal migration, smuggling and the traffic in human beings, crimes and offences related to credentials forging, illegal production, trade and smuggling of weapons and explosives, etc.

The document regulates the order and procedures for the protection of information shared between the two countries, as well as the order and procedures for establishing coordination centres, their structure and the status of their employees.

The agreements are to be signed for a five-year term and will become effective after the initial 30 days following the end of the internal legal procedures in the country.