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[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Ireland joins European ports network tasked with tackling drug trafficking. (17 Jun 2024)

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Irish authorities have set up a high-level implementation group to join a European ports network tasked with tackling the booming sea trade in international drug trafficking. The move comes as EU officials try to address growing concerns at the corruption of port officials and workers, sometimes through severe threats, and incidents, of violence and intimidation and as European seizures now exceed that of the US, traditionally the world’s largest cocaine market...

See also, Irish Examiner article - Ireland 'rapidly becoming' part of 'cocaine pipeline', warns US report

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Item Type

News

Publication Type

Irish-related

Drug Type

Substances (not alcohol/tobacco), Cocaine

Intervention Type

Crime prevention

Source

Irish Examiner