Press Invitation: Cocaine Seizures In The First Half Of 2023

PORT OF ANTWERP, EAST FLANDERS, BEGIUM - JULY 12 : Custom officer shows to media the result of reactive wipes with cocaine in a container on July 11, 2023 in the Port of Antwerp, Kallo, Beveeren, Belgium. Drugs, in particular cocaine from South America, continue to flow into the port area of Antwerp. This is revealed on Wednesday by figures from Belgian customs for the first half of 2023. During this period, 43.43 tonnes of cocaine were intercepted in Belgium, an increase of 21% in the seizure of cocaine compared to the first. semester of 2022. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)`