Dutch officials highlighted overall progress last year in their efforts to curtail drug smuggling through Rotterdam and the other seaports. They repor...

Douane onderschept veel minder drugs in Rotterdamse haven

Netherlands

Customs intercepts far fewer drugs in Rotterdam port

In the fight against organised drug crime, customs are achieving success through intensive cooperation with Latin American countries.

In de strijd tegen georganiseerde drugscriminaliteit boekt de douane succes door intensieve samenwerking met Latijns-Amerikaanse landen.

Douanepact met Latijns-Amerika tegen drugssmokkel werpt vruchten af: ’Door schade en schande geleerd’

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North Holland

Customs pact with Latin America against drug smuggling bears fruit: 'Learned from trial and error'

For the third year in a row, fewer drugs were intercepted in the port of Rotterdam. Last year, it was almost 26,000 kilos, a year earlier it was more than 45,000 kilos. In the ports of Zeeland and West Brabant (Vlissingen, Moerdijk and Terneuzen), slightly more was intercepted: 12,664 kilos of drugs last year compared to 11,300 kilos in 2023. According to the Public Prosecution Service, there are no indications that point to a possible connectio…

In de Rotterdamse haven zijn voor het derde jaar achtereen minder drugs onderschept. Het afgelopen jaar ging het om bijna 26.000 kilo, een jaar eerder was het nog ruim 45.000 kilo. In de havens van Zeeland en West Brabant (Vlissingen, Moerdijk en Terneuzen) werd juist net iets meer onderschept: 12.664 kilo drugs vorig jaar tegen 11.300 kilo in 2023. Volgens het OM zijn er geen aanwijzingen die wijzen op een mogelijk verband tussen de daling van …

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In Rotterdam, which is Europe's largest port, the volume of cocaine smuggling decreased significantly in 2024.

У Роттердамі, який є найбільшим портом Європи, у 2024 році значно зменшився обсяг контрабанди кокаїну.

У найбільшому порту Європи суттєво скоротилась контрабанда кокаїну

Європейська правда

Smuggling of cocaine has been significantly reduced in Europe's largest port

The Maritime Executive

Nearly $1B in Drugs Seized at Dutch Ports as Smuggling was Reduced in 2024

In the ports of Moerdijk, Vlissingen and Terneuzen, slightly more drugs were intercepted last year than the year before. This involved 12,664 kilos of drugs last year, compared to 11,300 kilos in 2023. In the port of Rotterdam, considerably fewer drugs were intercepted: almost 26,000 kilos, compared to more than 45,000 kilos the year before. The figures were announced on Thursday by the Hit And Run Cargo team (HARC). This is a partnership betwee…

In de havens van Moerdijk, Vlissingen en Terneuzen is vorig jaar iets meer drugs onderschept dan het jaar ervoor. Het gaat om 12.664 kilo drugs vorig jaar tegen 11.300 kilo in 2023. In de Rotterdamse haven werd juist flink minder drugs onderschept: een kleine 26.000 kilo, tegen ruim 45.000 kilo het jaar ervoor.
De cijfers zijn donderdag bekendgemaakt door het Hit And Run Cargo-team (HARC). Dat is een samenwerkingsverband van de douane, FIOD, zee…

Meer drugs in havens West-Brabant en Zeeland, grote vangst Moerdijk

Omroep Brabant

More drugs in ports of West Brabant and Zeeland, large catch in Moerdijk

In the hunt for large drug gangs, port companies have been put under considerable pressure to improve their computer systems, which were sometimes as leaky as a sieve. "The naivety was unimaginable," says Jan Janse of the Rotterdam Seaport Police.

In de jacht op grote drugsbendes zijn havenbedrijven flink onder druk gezet om hun computersystemen te verbeteren, want die waren soms zo lek als een mandje. "De naïviteit was onvoorstelbaar", zegt Jan Janse van de Rotterdamse Zeehavenpolitie.

Drugscriminelen drongen haven binnen via computers: 'Het ging kinderlijk eenvoudig'

RTV Rijnmond

Drug criminals entered port via computers: 'It was as easy as pie'

Just under 26,000 kilos of drugs were intercepted in the Port of Rotterdam last year. This is a significant decrease compared to 2023 when over 45,000 kilos were discovered. The figures were reported by the Hit And Run Cargo team (HARC), which is a partnership between customs, the Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD), the seaport police, and the Public Prosecution Service (OM).

NL Times

Significant decrease in intercepted drug shipments at the Port of Rotterdam in 2024

According to the Dutch judiciary, international drug smuggling is shifting from the Netherlands to southern Europe. Once again - for the third year in a row - significantly fewer drugs were seized in the port of Rotterdam. In 2024, customs investigators discovered almost 26,000 kilograms of drugs in Europe's largest port, mainly cocaine. In the previous year, it was almost twice as much, at just over 45,000 kilos.

Der internationale Drogenschmuggel verlagert sich nach Angaben der niederländischen Justiz von den Niederlanden nach Südeuropa. Erneut - das dritte Jahr in Folge - waren den Angaben zufolge deutlich weniger Drogen im Hafen von Rotterdam beschlagnahmt worden. 2024 entdeckten Zollfahnder fast 26.000 Kilogramm Drogen im größten Hafen Europas, vor allem Kokain. Im Vorjahr war es noch fast doppelt so viel mit gut 45.000 Kilo.

Nearly $1B in Drugs Seized at Dutch Ports as Smuggling was Reduced in 2024

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