{"id":124510,"date":"2022-11-28T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=124510"},"modified":"2022-11-28T10:15:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:15:42","slug":"eurupol-european-drug-super-cartel-smashed-in-six-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/eurupol-european-drug-super-cartel-smashed-in-six-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Europol: European drug super-cartel smashed in six countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Between 8-19 November, coordinated raids were carried out across Europe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), targeting both the command-and-control centre and the logistical drugs trafficking infrastructure in Europe.<\/p>\n

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A total of 49 suspects have been arrested during the course of this investigation. The drugpins considered as high-value targets by Europol had come together to form what was known as a \u2018super cartel\u2019 which controlled around one third of the cocaine trade in Europe.<\/p>\n

These arrests are the culmination of parallel investigations run in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UAE with the support of Europol into the activities of this prolific criminal network involved in large-scale drugs trafficking and money laundering.<\/p>\n

The scale of cocaine importation into Europe under the suspects\u2019 control and command was massive and over 30 tonnes of drugs were seized by law enforcement over the course of the investigations.<\/p>\n

Participating law enforcement authorities:<\/h2>\n