Schengen border: people smuggling declines, cigarette smuggling on the rise
2009-09-09
The border between Slovakia and Ukraine represents a gateway to the west for many. Just a few years back, the situation was rather messy. Before entering the Schengen zone in December 2007, Slovakia promised to overlook the dangerous zone. The eastern border of the EU resembles a maneuver. The border patrol watches your every step. You have to endlessly explain what you are doing at this and that spot; other times, the border guards will force you to open your trunk. The border police claims to have the border under control and argues that the number of attempts at an illegal crossing are continuously declining. Those wanting to cross have shifted to Poland and Hungary. People and other smugglingIllicit cross-borderContinue Reading