Drugs: dismantling of a vast mafia network from Belgium
New international crackdown against drug trafficking. A mafia network that operated mainly in Belgium. “Criminal organizations combine on the model of traditional commercial companies. »
By Louis Colart
DSince the launch of “Sky ECC” operations, named after this encrypted telecommunications system used almost exclusively by criminals and infiltrated by the police, this has been one of the biggest crackdowns. 80 searches in six European countries (49 in Belgium), 45 arrests including 30 in Belgium alone: it is a transnational criminal organization which has just been dismantled from our country.
At the origin of the file, searches in a garage box in the Brussels region – in September 2020 – had led to the discovery of a large quantity of acetone (used to extract cocaine from concealment materials), several kilos of cannabis as well as counterfeit police uniforms. File opened at the federal prosecutor’s office under the direction of a Brussels investigating judge.
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