Around 400 kilos a day.

Yeah, and this was shipped on a daily basis.

So that gives you an idea of the importance of the production means.

And we had to make some seizures that included drugs, cars, cash and others.

So we had more than 200 police officers in the action day.

Welcome to the Europol podcast, the official podcast of the EU agency for law enforcement cooperation.

In this series, we shine a light on some of the biggest

operations Europol has supported and how we continue to fight organized crime. Today's episode

Catching Cocaine Traffickers.

Drug trafficking by sophisticated criminal networks is a major threat to public safety in the EU. Going after these networks is a top priority for Europol.

In fact, Europol was first established as the Europol Drugs Unit in Strasbourg

way back in 1993. In the almost 30 years that have passed since then, Europol has recorded

several major successes in helping countries track down international drug trafficking rings.

This episode is about one such case, when Europol worked with authorities in Europe, Latin America,

and the United States to derail an organized crime group who were shipping cocaine worldwide.

Cocaine represents the second largest illegal drugs market in Europe, after cannabis.

Research by Europol and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction,

or EMCDDA, valued Europe's cocaine market at 10.5 billion euros in 2020.

The research also found that both the quantity and quality of cocaine in Europe is also on the rise.

It is becoming stronger, more widely available and more affordable.

In fact, Europol's serious and organized crime threat assessment has recorded that nearly 40% of the criminal networks operating at the international level are active in drug trafficking.

This shows it is a key revenue stream for organized crime, one that's coming at the expense

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