Customs officials face losing battle as €10bn cocaine trade leads to dramatic increase in violent crime in north-west Europe, writes Jon Henley in Le Havre
Three Belgians accused of running a cocaine smuggling racket who are hiding out in the Kinahan Cartel bolthole of Dubai have been hit with similar US sanctions imposed on the Irish crime gang.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned multiple individuals for links to cocaine trafficking. The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated three Belgian citizens and one Mexican citizen.