‘It’s like a cat and mouse game’: on the frontline of Belgium’s fight against drug smugglers

Antwerp port is stepping up scanning of goods amid warnings country risks becoming a narco-state Sara Van Cotthem takes a safety knife and precisely slices open the side of a cardboard box to unpack its contents, an aluminium stepladder made in China. Working under harsh fluorescent lights at the border inspection post at the port of Antwerp, Van Cotthem checks the paperwork and taps the ladder with a magnet to check if it really is aluminium and not another metal. It is an everyday operation...

By Jennifer Rankin in Antwerp

Jordanian Armed Forces target drugs, weapons smuggling sites in Syria

The operation, carried out “with the highest degree of precision and intelligence,” was completed in order to prevent trafficked drugs and weapons from reaching Jordan, according to the force.

Steven Seagal implicated in a vast arms smuggling network orchestrated by Russia - Seneweb

Steven Seagal implicated in a vast arms smuggling network orchestrated by Russia  Seneweb