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International Business Times
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Anne-Laure MONDESERT

EU Ports Urged To Team Up To Fight 'Very Creative' Drug Smugglers

The Belgian port city of Antwerp is the main gateway for cocaine trafficked into Europe (Credit: AFP)

Drug smugglers in the EU have become so "very creative" that the bloc's seaports should join forces to combat their ever-changing tactics, Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden told AFP.

That idea is to be promoted Wednesday when Verlinden, along with the European Commission, meets top representatives from around 20 EU ports, Europol officials, other interior ministers and sea transport executives to launch the European Ports Alliance.

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