EU forms port alliance to fight drug trafficking

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EU forms port alliance to fight drug trafficking

STORY: EU forms port alliance to fight drug trafficking SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 24, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of European Commission Berlaymont building 2. various of European Ports Alliance Public-Private Partnership launch event 3. various of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges STORYLINE: The European Commission on Wednesday launched the European Ports Alliance Public Private Partnership, aimed at bringing all stakeholders together to protect ports from drug trafficking and criminal infiltration. The alliance was being launched in conjunction with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), member states, ports authorities, European associations, EU anti-crime agencies, customs and law enforcement authorities. The vast majority of illicit drugs into the EU are trafficked along maritime routes and 70 percent of drug seizures are in EU ports, according to Ylva Johansson, Commissioner for Home Affairs. "That is why coo

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