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Belgien. Cocaine smuggling is corrupting Antwerp politics, says mayor
Belgien. Cocaine smuggling is corrupting Antwerp politics, says mayor
Bart De Wever blames Dutch drug bosses for tenfold rise in drug finds at Belgian port
The scale of cocaine smuggling at the port of Antwerp – through which half of Europe’s supply of the drug reportedly passes – is so vast that corruption of local politics is inevitable, the city’s mayor has said.
Bart De Wever, who has been mayor since 2013, said the enormous amount of cash flooding in because of drug smuggling at Europe’s second biggest port has permeated the Belgian city. (The Guardian, UK, 03.09.2018)