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Cocaine use in Europe soars as smugglers shift to new routes

Cocaine use in Europe soars as smugglers shift to new routes

Update: 2025-10-07
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Cocaine use across Europe has surged over the past decade and drug cartels are adapting fast. Once routed mainly through major ports in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, traffickers have recently set their sights on a smaller, more unexpected corner of western Europe. The World's Europe Correspondent Orla Barry has more.

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Cocaine use in Europe soars as smugglers shift to new routes

Cocaine use in Europe soars as smugglers shift to new routes

Orla Barry