Guardian investigation: Drug cartels exploit migrant children for Europe's booming cocaine trade
Guardian investigation: Drug cartels exploit migrant children for Europe's booming cocaine trade
An investigation conducted by reporters at The Guardian found that hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are reportedly being forced to work for powerful drug cartels.
African unaccompanied child migrants are being forced into the European cocaine trade, according to an exclusive investigation published in the British newspaper The Guardian on Tuesday (June 11).
Cocaine gangs in Paris and Brussels, among other cities, are reportedly expanding Europe’s multi-billion-euro cocaine market using brutal methods, including torture and rape, to control their young victims, European Union police forces warn.
Police have reportedly identified the Moroccan "Mocro Maffia" as a major exploiter in the enterprise.
This organization comprises several of Europe’s largest cocaine trafficking cartels and works directly with South American producers. The group is believed to be active at the Belgian port of Antwerp, the primary gateway for cocaine into Europe. (info migrants, F/D/I, 12.06.2024)