Monday, February 15, 2010

Narcotics: Balkans - a major smuggling route for South American cocaine into Europe

Montenegro has become a major smuggling route for South American cocaine into Europe in recent years.

Working with Latin American authorities, Serbian intelligence officials recently broke a suspected drug trafficking trying to get $350m worth of cocaine to Western Europe through Montenegro.

Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips reports on how governments across the region are struggling in their battle against organised crime.



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