Moldova PM calls for more EU help in curbing Ukraine war smuggling

Moldova’s prime minister has warned that the country needs more security support from Brussels to tackle rising levels of attempted trafficking of people and arms from conflict-wracked Ukraine.

The country is “seeing an increase” in arms, people and goods trafficking, Natalia Gavrilița told the FT. “We do not want to become a country where security threats grow, or there is increased . . . trafficking or illegal smuggling.” While not an EU member, the country borders Romania, which joined the union in 2007.