Name: The Weakness of States
Released: 2025-11-28

Drug trafficking, the poison of Europe

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Drug trafficking, the poison of Europe

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Season 1 · Episode 2 · Nov 28, 2025

In the 2000s, Latin American cartels discovered a new El Dorado in Northern Europe. In Rotterdam, the continent's leading port, street gangs joined forces with Colombians to build their empire. Fueled by explosive demand and exorbitant profits, the cocaine trade unleashes an unprecedented wave of violence: assassinations, shootings, threats against the state. Overwhelmed, governments organize a counterattack. In utmost secrecy, European police forces infiltrate the criminals' encrypted communication networks. One of the biggest drug busts in history sends tens of thousands of traffickers to prison. But, to everyone's astonishment, the networks re-establish themselves almost exactly as they were, as if by magic. The war on drugs is a never-ending war.

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Drug trafficking, the poison of Europe

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20251h 1m7.5

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The Weakness of States

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Nov 28, 2025

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