Europol has claimed cocaine and the coronavirus pandemic has left Europe at ‘breaking point’.
In its flagship four-yearly report, the EU’s policing agency said increasingly violent criminal gangs are likely to muscle in on legitimate businesses left vulnerable by the economic damage caused by Covid-19.
It also noted drug trade in particular was fuelling corruption across the EU, which Europol’s director said ‘affected everybody from dock workers to politician’ and was used in almost three-quarters of all serious crimes.
A four-yearly report from Europol has claimed the dug…
