Iceland broke its annual cocaine seizure record in the first half of 2025. Is an oversupply in Europe is spilling into other ...

Cocaine's journey to the recreational British user involves an elaborate network of cartels, traffickers and street-level ...

Europe’s top official monitoring illegal drugs is nearing the end of his decade-long tenure with one clear message: the ...

Belgian authorities said on Friday they had seized almost five tons of cocaine stashed in shipping containers at Antwerp port, as part of a cross-border investigation into a drug-trafficking ring.

Cocaine seizures through Antwerp have grown more than 20-fold over the last decade, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. By the Belgian customs service’s own admission ...

Cocaine seizures through Antwerp have grown more than 20-fold over the last decade, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. By the Belgian customs service’s own admission, it ...

Antwerp isn’t just Europe’s diamond capital anymore. For the second year in a row, the Belgian port city topped the list of cocaine consumers in Europe, according to findings published Wednesday by ...

The bad guys don’t always give up all that cocaine without a fight. In mid-October, Antwerp authorities apprehended a van filled with seven heavily-armed men, on their way to steal back a seized ...

Inside, tucked among animal skins, were bricks of cocaine. Antwerp, known historically as a hub for diamond trading, has developed a reputation as Europe’s cocaine-import capital. Last year ...

Belgian Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem said 116 tonnes of cocaine were seized in Antwerp, a 5% increase on 2022. It is thought only a small fraction of the drug, possibly a tenth ...

Customs officials in the port of Antwerp have made a groundbreaking seizure of 116 tons of cocaine, marking a consecutive year of record-breaking drug busts. Belgian authorities revealed this ...