MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS - A step up to counter drug trafficking

Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson was on an official visit to the port of Antwerp accompanied by Belgium’s Minister of the interior Annelies Verlinden on 7 February. Antwerp is one of the main ports of entry and transit of cocaine into Europe. Only last year, Belgian authorities seized 110 tonnes of cocaine at that port.

date: 09/02/2023

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The Commission is committed to tackling serious and organised crime and illegal drug trafficking, as outlined in the EU Security Union Strategy, the EU Strategy to Tackle Organised crime and the EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025. Later this month, Commissioner Johansson will visit Ecuador and Colombia to strengthen cooperation with key third countries in the global fight against drug trafficking.