Europe fears that visa-free regime with Ukraine will lead to an increase in crime

"If it is abolished border controls, it is a chance for organized crime," – said the head of the EU Police Office Rob Wainwright, introducing the report in Brussels. According to the report, if earlier the main route of drug trafficking in Europe ran from Afghanistan via Turkey and the Balkans, and now everything is becoming more powerful mafia in the Black Sea basin. "The new route runs through Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine to Romania and the Baltic countries, and from there – in other EU countries. Central role in transporting heroin and cocaine, according to Europol, the assigned port of Odessa "- note the law enforcers. "The planned introduction of a visa-free regime with Ukraine can contribute to route traffic across the Black Sea" – said in a report by Europol. "Criminal groups from Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Russia and the Western Balkan countries are waiting for the entry of Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen zone, to expand its influence in the EU", – experts add Europol.