with cocaine across the atlantic to spain. we discover how cocaine users are finding it easier than ever to feed their habit. authorities across the continent face an almighty struggle. we ll never win this battle. go, go, go, go, go, go, go. we re at the port of antwerp, in belgium. this place is said to be the number one choice for cocaine smugglers trying to get their drugs into europe. antwerp port has grown massively over the decades. there are now 160 kilometres of quayside where ships can be unloaded. millions of containers arrive each year from around the world, and it s a smuggler s dream. paul meyer was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2007 for trafficking drugs. antwerp was his number one route into europe. when i think back now on that time and i say, no, it was completely wrong what i did. 100%. now my punishment is done, and i show you that the port is very open. he can understand why this port has become the gateway to europe for cocaine. i tried also in ha
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time in fifteen years. a record 10,000 runners are taking part in this year s london marathon, expected to be the largest ever. you re watching bbc news. bike notice time for a special investigation. now it s time for cocaine: flooding europe. the coke is everywhere. europe is battling a cocaine crisis, and one port in belgium is on the front line. everybody knows in europe that this is the port to do something. antwerp is now the main gateway to the continent. customs are intercepting record amounts. they found this, also cocaine. but international gangs are going to new depths to get their drugs through, even steering submarines packed with cocaine across the atlantic to spain. we discover how cocaine users are finding it easier than ever to feed their habit. it s actually faster than food delivery. authorities across the continent face an almighty struggle. we ll never win this battle. go, go, go, go, go, go, go. we re at the port of antwerp, in belgium. this place is said
killed by a mistake. and just a few weeks later, an 11 year old girl is shot dead in antwerp. an innocent life lost in this growing spiral of violence. for those trying to bring the drugs gangs to justice, it is a huge challenge to secure evidence and witnesses in this world where so much money is being made so quickly. michel claise, belgium s top investigative magistrate, says the cocaine market
antwerp port has grown massively over the decades. there are now 160 kilometres of quayside where ships can be unloaded. millions of containers arrive each year from around the world, and it s a smuggler s dream. paul meyer was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2007 for trafficking drugs. antwerp was his number one route into europe. when i think back now on that time and i say, no, it was completely wrong what i did. 100%. now my punishment is done, and i show you that the port is very open. he can understand why this port has become the gateway to europe for cocaine. i tried also in hamburg, and we tried also in marseille. everything is much easier in antwerp, and everybody who is doing this kind of business, they know antwerp is easy and that s the place to do something. and i know people, they try also other places,