this is incredibly low, this is very just providing you with free information, dw, made for mind. the hello and welcome to this week, focus on europe with me, a live show around the world. the countries are struggling to come back, the import of illicit drugs, substances. ly cocaine are largely produced in south america and then ship in large quantities to europe by organized criminal networks. this year, customs officials made spectacular drug bust and several european parts cities. but now cartels are targeting smaller ports,

including those along ireland coast. the country has become part of what investigators call the southern america and europe in cocaine pipeline. social workers like daniel jones tried to show a way out of addiction. but despite their best efforts and the authorities measures the traffic or as products continued to make their way to customers. the we're on o'connell bridge right in the middle of dublin city center. and witness what appears to be a drug deal. drug use has become more prevalent than ireland. according to a un report, island rank sports globally and cocaine use per capita. some people worried the country is facing a drug epidemic. cocaine has become popular with ireland tassel in the middle class and is often found wherever people drink alcohol. everybody's doing it like the

waco payments nowadays. this is just like having this sunday dinner is not a you don't know if i take ok. no, not to be fair. i think it's more so underground in small towns that are more of a pain abuse. darn dale. one of the most disadvantaged communities in all of dublin. here you can find normal families living next to drug dealers and addicts. crack houses are sometimes rated by the police locals. tell us people come from all over to buy drugs here. daniel jones that his colleagues are social workers for an organization called the day olds. they do community outreach, helping where they can, jones knows the scene. well, you had problems with drugs himself for years that well the know stephanie

had when, when it's on your doorstep, when i walk in here, we have all, i know not the showing a vision, you know, 20 get clean to meet the state clean. yes. and we just a stay for within your walk. a one is just getting us age 247. with the red jacket, the social workers found out. they're often the 1st point of contact for anyone looking for away out of addiction types, trying to get us to go on doing what i on the mac paints at the moment. crack is one of the biggest problems and darn dale made from a mixture of baking powder on cocaine. it's a highly addictive drug criminologist, trina o'connor, runs a community training center that provides 2nd chance education for young people from around the area. there's the reception assessed, and you can see we have monic yours going on. we have the drawing going on. we have some dollars, fee into the center allows young people to finish their leaving sorts and learned

about working life. they receive a salary and return and i suppose therefore when they have this education, it gave some an opportunity to have choices in life. in the centers can, teen, students learn how to run an industrial kitchen. for some, it's a way out of a cycle of violence and crime. call him we cell phones had several encounters with owns being full with knives being full. so the opportunity to come here and to learn something and to be took out of the hospital environment is a great opportunity to have the keeps young people off the street. it keeps them out with brian darn dale has been struggling with poverty crime and drug addiction for generations. suspect spanish here to the left as a senior training always tonight daniel and his colleagues come to this methadone clinic regularly. isn't that? is it that there the next this woman is one of their clients?

trust is one of their most important commodities. the only way they can gain access to the people they want to help. you will get settled down because i'm just fed up now. really, the, i'm on the road for career, i'm always the number of heroin addicts and treatment has been declining in ireland . but the number of crack cocaine patients has increased 6 fold since 2017. where do the drugs come from? long island, south western coast. we meet the fisherman representative patrick murphy in the port town of castle town, fair fishing boats from all over europe, unload the cargo here. he believes ireland has a security problem. i've never seen an operation to check this. the drug screens, however, we had more stringent controls for coal, but then we do for narcotics murphy says irelands fishing industry is in a desperate situation. over the course of a single year,

20 percent of their boats were pushed out of the market. he says, the fishing industries, economic, it says also poses a safety risk last year, suspect a drug smugglers legally bought a boat in this harbor. it's linked to one of the biggest drug busts in irish history. all i know is, is that there's more drugs now in europe in everywhere it is. the river was before . it has to be coming in some way. and i believe that the we have a weak this in are in are close by. the irish military recently procure to new air bus c 295 maritime surveillance aircraft. these airplanes carry out long range patrols at c. i t drug operations are one part of their mission profile. still, critics doubt that orland can effectively protect its coastline. according to media reports, only one of 8 irish navy ships was operational at the beginning of the year. one ship responsible for almost 1000000 square kilometers of seed, and 3000 kilometers of coastline. when asked about how many ships are currently

operational, the irish military refused to comment. citing security concerns daniel started using hard drugs at the age of 15. over 20 years, he was trapped in a vicious cycle of drug use crime and in and out of prison. today he says he's living proof that anyone can find a way out of addiction. it's a strongly to learn how to change the typing. i'm only, i'm showing the full positive thoughts into your head instead of the negative thoughts on. if you can't fail to look for support, and then i'm being able to look on the bill yesterday that daniel jones has put up these posters everywhere to bring a bit of positivity and color to darn dale. he says, sometimes the only thing people need is a bit of hope will now take you to

spain, the world's leading producer of olive oil experts can reviewed billions of euros to the country's economy. but in recent years, extreme drought and repeated heat waves lead to a sharp drop and olive oil production. and that made things hard enough for farmers like antonio mess up. and now these farmers are also being targeted by all of thieves who are ruthlessly plunder their trees. it's 9 pm and all of grower, antonio mazda would like to be home with his family instead, fear of all of thieves as forcing him to spend 5 hours patrolling his grove with i'm in this way. i'm a bit tired of such a long day at work. a lot of guy patrolling the entire fuel costs. it takes time, it keeps you away from home. so it's not what i mean. nobody likes it. but what choice do we have about, you know, maybe a little more and more games have been plundering all of groups in this region of

spain. antonio moved here 15 years ago to find happiness in the countryside. in his private and professional life, he grows olives and breeds marino sheep. this lamb was born just an hour ago. a little room. he was just born. i gave to me this luxury just being here is luxury . sure there is also self sacrifice. but that was a creature like this makes it over. while what can i say? this is like my the who, the be the but the criminals keep coming and they don't hold back. even if that means damaging trees that are hundreds of years old. last time they still 12000 kilo's vellows from us right. by a look at the branches are broken as well as the thieves are merciless video can

help you that they hit the tree with this stick. i just want to relentlessly follow are follow the link goes i. so i feel like apparently it's a significant financial loss that will also impact the coming years because the damage trees can hardly bear any fruit that are typically there are farmers who, by the oldest of these thieves and mix it oil with a legal circulation. you know, i don't understand it, but it's on the rise because it'll kind of, it's how you buy. it's a bitter fate. in the past 2 years, antonio's harvest was have because of major drought. and that attracted the thieves . the prices have risen. so there's a lot more stealing the detailed harvest cause the price of olive oil to double almost immediately making it more worthwhile for criminal gangs to go into the olive groups at night. the police have responded by carrying out

more raids. they patrol the groves on motorcycles and use drones and infrared cameras after dark. spain is the world's largest producer of olive oil, groves cover and norm is areas, but the low catches the criminals. far too rarely. the thieves are often harvest workers from neighboring provinces who commission to buy shadowy gang stairs come with their cars. in search of lute, back at antonio's. it's early in the morning. he's rushed out to help a neighbour as a harvest of olives must be brought in fast of the legal body, still 900 kilos for my neighbors. and i was even though they spent the night patrolling the feed still came. now antonio's neighbor,

one serrano once to harvest everything quickly before the criminals can come back out. obviously, i'm so angry the whole year we take care of the olives and then they come and steal hundreds of kilos one night and damage the trees so that they might not use anything next year. one and antonio estimate the damage at around $1200.00 euros on the 4th of the community here still gives us all strengths. it also hopefully shows the fees that our village is united. and maybe that will scare them. you know, like how many years we're showing them. don't come here to swipe the boss or from our bread god. we'll show you my life. but in the evening they meet in the village center. antonio is organizing the cars for the night patrol. today there are only 6 of them,

but at peak harvest time it could be as many as 50 to the police only patrols on the main roads. we farmers are the ones that really watch out. and we know where the olives, the thieves are, after our minds every month on the bus. and with the next night watch begins the farmer's head to the groves. because what choice do they have? if they want to keep growing olives? this may look like a group of teenagers on a camping weekend, but these are sewing in teams are actually about to prepare for a serious operation. one of them is liza to and together with other girls. she's doing special military training to be able to defend her country in the worst case scenario. as sonya shares a border with russia and ever since, russia's full scale invasion of ukraine began. estonians have grown more and more worried that they too may find themselves at war with the large neighbour a. hi,

my name is that best calling from color. that's the best part of europe is the people who are around us go to dred is the stoney and for home doctors. their aim is to make a studious strong right next to where the military train in a far as near talent, we meet young people like lose that to really sometimes says trading the shootings. we have some training groups. we don't do it like military. we are just children who try the friends, thoughts like get me because like are just choosing because it's sports shooting rules, 1st aid but not military. let start over both of whom daughters and the young eagles are noted called kansas. the boys are called are between $7.18 together. they are the youth organizations of the students in volunteer army, under defense ministry command of this military base. they practice survival skills,

being prepared for and a thing of being alone in the woods. these that to is already 18, so if you know, helps the younger members i started because my father is a guy city planner and my older brother is set an order with us. if i start, i was like, well, i guess, and they wanted dry just something new, like john smith, the best to use organizations are more like the scope of the military. but the defense ministry makes no secret to the fact that it thinks us doing a shared partner with russia who's as a security threat. most historians agree the government actively recruits for the military, including among young people as here in tulsa and we are a country, a 1360000 people. it's a, we don't have the luxury to afford. the fact that people don't participate in national defense or don't have a roland. and so for us and some critically important that every of sony in mind goes into minutes or service and they're motivated to do so. and so the you for going to stations are assessing stone into that, so it helps them prepare it

a little bit. all that goes for girls to study showed those who joined the youth. organizations are more likely to join the military liter. liza to is finishing school this year. a news what she wants to do, like good girl inscriptions and the i want to see how my life goes. goes like, uh, it's my, i only to military stuff lar. this said that's good. the stuff at this point is setting up what i want is the, that's a, uh, so these things, but i tend to, in my functioning these women protesting and front of the polish parliament had high hopes that the abortion laws in the country would be reformed. this was one of the complain promises of poland, new liberal government as the countries abortion laws are among the most restrictive in europe. the bill failed to get majority. still legal hurdles are not

stopping activist flag natalia abroad. yeah. chic. they continue to stand by other women who are in desperate need for support at a critical and sensitive time in their lives. natalia brolio to cut an abortion when she was 28 years old, which is forbidden in poland. but she says she had to do it from the beginning, from the moment when i saw the that the positive pregnancy test like in my boss doing so like a huge no, not at this moment, not this product and that and not with this like housing situation i was leaving at this moment. natalia says that 11 years ago there was almost no information about how to access safe a portion pills. but when she got them and the pregnancy was terminated, she felt relief and in charge of her life. it's not the event which lead her to

becoming an activist for women's rights. and one of the founders of a group which calls itself, poland, abortion dream team. they run a 24 hour hotline to give advice, to an average of $130.00 people who call every day. they also supply abortion pills to women who want to they're doing it on this day here in the ponies parliament as a kind of protest. while m. p 's debate a controversial loan, whether to liberalize one of the strictest abortion laws in europe. while they do so on to portion protesters outside the parliament pray that display pictures of dead fetus is too graphic for us to show that they have no believe sense of sasha. but i think the video and the video and i me, is that, i mean quoting system and one of those right wing politicians who voted against the

criminalizing abortion is the best in collector. i think it's a whole, i think it's taking life. i think i think it's taken in the, you know, some flight when you speak to women who are having and their boss will have, what do you say to them? in fact, i never spoke to women who had the abortion about to. i spoke to women who will thinks about the down position on this issue for natalia is from an activist, justine, evidence gonna that's exactly the problem. a lack of discourse. she herself has actually been convicted of criminal offenses for supporting a woman to have an abortion. and just trying to appeal her h months, community service sentence, i will just the person who is testing and now there are others. and then uh, i've been in the cards standing in front of that of the government. so yes, it was scary. they are disappointed the polish and p is not really just voted down

a more liberal abortion bill. but they were expecting this under ready to hit the road in their specials on for a summer tour. heading north to the coast towards the baltic sea outside of the more liberal capital of warsaw. that's due to me, upset about georgia as an, as they set up a table to tell the public about their service and give out merchandise to jada and so forth too. so there's a lot of people in poland support. what they're doing is about them. all people don't talk about because it's still like taboo, but it shouldn't be. it should be something absolutely completely normal for those women. not everyone is happy about their presence on the square here in some parts . however, close to your symptoms that are i'm devastated and terrified because for me it's not just killing a child who gets a living life. not just mutilating. a woman under goes into portion, but above all,

it's the killing of reason and logical thinking. such events, terrifying these uh, sure how you get that up. latanya says this kind of interaction is totally normal and that they will continue no matter what. we do not want to, you know, convince people who are against abortion. we uh for the people who might need an abortion. and we respect that someone can have different opinions. but we know that if you are, you know, want that. but i can see sometimes you put your opinions aside and says this site to have a boss then. and then we gotta for this kind of paper. and that's the message natalia wants to spread across opponent to and our final report takes us to this beautiful beach in italy. fantastic for a day out in the sun and much better than in the office. right. well this page is

in fact the new legit guy has office. he's a life guard here and while that job comes with major responsibilities, it also comes with the perk of funding location. yet, despite this premise, authorities here in the see many and and other it tell them, costs of pounds are struggling to recruit enough life guards. danielle and your guy has landed, his dream job is a life guard. here on this, the front of re many. it's the 20 year olds 1st season, and he takes this job very seriously. he spent the last few months training and the address added for his license. essentially, nothing would have yours, a guy, people rely on and are safe with that. it's great. but rewarding. is the job is italy is currently struggling to recruit enough life guards largely because this here the training duration was changed from 30 to 100 hours. the italian life saving federation has warned for life guard shortage

through out italy this summer. predicting a 10 percent shortfall, which danielle says is alarming. i see that i'm looking at our work as a matter of life and death. yeah, unfortunately, by the see invoice on lots of responsibility and risk. maybe you have to estimate distances and keep an eye on everyone. young old children and it's a tough job role and many young people seem to be afraid of it. when you it's not to close on it on because rescuing a training person isn't easy on these a lot of money, every move has to be right. and i said he didn't put us into the fire. oh there to be a genie, a 3rd generation life guard knows this as well as anyone. he's been working on the beach and reading the need for 29 years. but the pressure on 1st responders is increasing. he says, putting off the next generation, they find the full press, the supervisor rescue, or you are legally responsible for the assistance you provide. alondo sensor can quickly become a matter of life and death here by the sea on your life guards who have passed the

test. i prefer to work at swimming pools rather than beaches. your thoughts to come right? oh there to use this is experience to support his young colleagues in whatever way he can down any questions i dont know. could you possibly the rescue back question. almost a 2nd. let me see what if i'm being a life guard is emissions opinions that gives us sort of set of people always think or you're just by to see 100 line with the sun, even seeing lots of beautiful women when it was put through. but that's not all there is to it to continue to grow. and if you choose this job, you have a lot of responsibility for the thought is that's a big burden on your shoulders. you thought it was the last summer, the life guards of reading and these saved 75 people from drowning low desk. you need a psychiatrist you month in

a bundle. it's become harder to find new recruits. so on the units used to finance their education with summer jobs on the beach, they may be said, but these days they have exams until late july and again in early september. so in august they have to study how to count work and clean the as if i'm of what the level of it done. jo works full time and seems very happy with this choice. but a mess. those who do this job know what they have to do out here on land and in the water. i can only recommend this job in the little ones here and the, the, you can tell he's proud of his job. by the way, daniel is just one of 50 certified life guards in a meeting. well that's it for this week focused on europe. remember, you can always find all stories on our website, dw, those com and on social media. so be sure to follow us there as well. my name is, let's show thanks for watching and you next time

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