Antwerp, Belgium, Oct 6 (AFP/APP):Bomb explosions, shootings and even kidnapping of children: drug trafficking around Antwerp in northern Belgium is generating increasingly violent crime, which the authorities are struggling to tackle. Antwerp is Europe’s second largest goods port after Rotterdam, but is the number one gateway for cocaine to the continent, thanks to its closer trade links with South America. The drug often arrives concealed in cargos of fruit or in the walls of shipping containers, mainly from Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia. With almost 40 tonnes of cocaine seized by the end of September, 2020 is on course to beat … Continue reading Illicit drug trade at Belgian port fuels crime wave