Cocaine trafficking is an “even bigger” challenge than terrorism in Belgium, said the country’s justice minister, who called on the EU to speed up international co-operation to help catch drug lords hiding abroad. Vincent Van Quickenborne told the Financial Times that the EU needs joint extradition agreements and increased co-operation among ports to combat international trafficking networks. Belgium’s port city of Antwerp is the largest cocaine trafficking hub in Europe, with a record of almost 110 tonnes seized last year, up from about 90 tonnes in 2021 and 66 tonnes in 2020, according to customs authorities
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