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Cocaine for Germany - Drug Dealing and Smuggling

November 8, 2023

Germany is flooded with cocaine. Since 2017, cocaine residue in Berlin's sewage has doubled. Since the pandemic, sales of cocaine across Germany have rocketed.

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Dokumentation "Kokain für Deutschland - Koksen, Dealen, Schmuggeln"
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The addictive potential of the drug is often underestimated and legal prohibitions do little to deter dealers or users.

Dokumentation "Kokain für Deutschland - Koksen, Dealen, Schmuggeln"
Image: ZDF

 

This documentary sheds light on new international smuggling routes and methods that are causing ever greater problems for law enforcement agencies. One indication of the rising wave of cocaine: although the number of controls in Germany has stagnated, the amount seized has doubled in recent years.

 

Dokumentation "Kokain für Deutschland - Koksen, Dealen, Schmuggeln"
Image: ZDF

 

In early 2021, customs investigators in the port of Hamburg made the largest cocaine find in Germany and Europe to date: 16 tons. Where does the cocaine come from and who is profiting from its smuggling and sale?

 

 

 

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