How Bulgaria became a ‘hotbed’ for vile people smuggling trade with kingpins enjoying lavish lifestyles in the shadows

IN the shadows of one of Bulgaria’s tourist hotspots, exhausted migrants watch crowds of people pass by, searching for the ones who can help them get to the UK.  It doesn’t take long – as little as 10 minutes – for them to find brutal smuggling gangs and “fixers” who can get them across the border. But it comes with a huge cost – and the risk of death. “They call it The Game” Today, British police are probing Irish smuggling rings with potential links to Bulgarian gangs after 39 migrants including a teen were found dead inside a Bulgaria-registered chiller lorry in Essex. Three people have been arrested over the tragedy: haulage boss Thomas Maher and wife Joanna are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and 39 counts of manslaughter, while lorry driver Maurice ‘Mo’  Robinson is being quizzed on suspicion of murder.Now, the Sun Online can reveal that Bulgaria has become a “hotbed” in the world’s deadly £5.5 billion people smuggling industry – with kingpins raking in thousands of pounds per migrant. Alarmingly, the illicit trade, dubbed ‘The Game’, is on the rise – with more and more desperate families fleeing war, poverty and instability… Read full this story

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