An “international Mafia organized crime group leader” has been arrested in a joint operation of the police services of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia coordinated by the SECI center, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced.
SECI, the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative, is a regional center for combating trans-border organized crime headquartered in Bucharest.
The Bulgarian Interior Ministry has provided no information about the identity of the arrested Balkan Mafia criminal leader, and the nature of the crimes that his organized group is involved in, saying that the representatives of the anti-mafia police authorities of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, and SECI will unveil details on Tuesday.
However, it has emphasized that the international police operation in question has been “successful.”
