With record seizures of cocaine at Belgian ports, the country has become Europe’s cocainetrafficking capital. As the flow of drugs increases, local authorities are struggling with corruption and violence.
00:00 Antwerp: Europe’s cocaine trafficking capital
01:48 How much cocaine gets seized?
03:18 Why do traffickers choose the port of Antwerp?
05:54 The entrepreneurial Balkan mafias
07:35 How do cocaine mafias make a profit?
08:16 Customs corruption
11:54 How can Belgium halt its cocaine trade?
13:43 Can legalising drugs help?
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