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Belgian judge Bart Willcocx, President of the Antwerp Court of Appeal, warned Monday the country is at risk of turning into a narco-state as a result of international drug crime and mafia groups forming a “parallel force” in society.
Willcocx stressed that the port of Antwerp makes Belgium vulnerable to drug smuggling-related criminality, as it is one of the main entry points for cocaine smugglers in Europe.
“The amount of money that is involved – to influence people, to corrupt people and to bribe – it is so big that it is really a danger for the stability of our society,” Willcocx told The Guardian, adding that Belgium is working to avoid becoming one such narco-state “But it is an evolution and it is a pressure – it is a threat.”
Breitbart News reported in September that the Belgian government was set to deploy its military to Brusells to combat drug gangs in response to the increasingly violent situation in the nation’s multicultural capital. The Guardian noted that, a month later, the Antwerp court published an open letter from an anonymous judge in October.
In its text, written in Dutch, the judge warned that extensive mafia structures had taken hold in Belgium, “becoming a parallel force that challenges not only the police, but the judiciary,” potentially placing the country at risk of evolving into a narco-state.
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Willcocx stressed that the port of Antwerp makes Belgium vulnerable to drug smuggling-related criminality, as it is one of the main entry points for cocaine smugglers in Europe.
“The amount of money that is involved – to influence people, to corrupt people and to bribe – it is so big that it is really a danger for the stability of our society,” Willcocx told The Guardian, adding that Belgium is working to avoid becoming one such narco-state “But it is an evolution and it is a pressure – it is a threat.”
Breitbart News reported in September that the Belgian government was set to deploy its military to Brusells to combat drug gangs in response to the increasingly violent situation in the nation’s multicultural capital. The Guardian noted that, a month later, the Antwerp court published an open letter from an anonymous judge in October.
In its text, written in Dutch, the judge warned that extensive mafia structures had taken hold in Belgium, “becoming a parallel force that challenges not only the police, but the judiciary,” potentially placing the country at risk of evolving into a narco-state.
Belgian Judge: Country at Risk of Becoming 'Narco-State'
Belgian judge Bart Willocx warned Monday that Belgium is a country at risk of turning into an uncontrolled narco-state.
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