The European Union is facing an old deadly enemy. European bloc countries have replaced the US as the main market for international drug traffickers, with the quantities trafficked expected to rise further over the next two years as the cartels’ output continues to rise. This is what the head of Europol, Catherine De Boll, points out in Politico, adding the dangerous “accessories” for societies, such as the increase in violence and corruption in many countries – hubs for drug trafficking. A typical example is the port of Antwerp, Belgium, where criminal gangs are increasingly seeking to infiltrate logistics companies, local government and even the judicial system. “We see that the European Union has become more important to drug cartels compared to the United States. European countries are dominating at the moment,” he said and added: “We also see that for the next two years we will have an increase in drugs towards […]
Source: News Beast
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