the. make up your own. minds. a low end welcome to focus on europe with me liz show glad to have your company today recently german authorities seized the largest haul of cocaine ever found in the country the drugs were discovered in containers at the port of palm book they were hidden in tins that were supposed to contain wall filler but when officials

canned the cargo they found a total of $600.00 tons of cocaine. apparently the officers had been tipped off by sources in the netherlands this doesn't come as much of a surprise given that the country is a major gateway for drug smuggling to europe but now dutch authorities wants to take serious action and some high profile drug lords have been charged in one of the biggest trials ever in the country defense lawyer vito is familiar with the drug scene and he knows a lot about the brutal world of his clients. 3 star just streeters defense lawyers public prosecutors and judges arrive at the heavily fortified courthouse some of the most kept their identity hidden because of death threats they're working on one of the biggest criminal cases in dutch history . centered on this man rita one time. police have

offered 100000 euro for information about his whereabouts cash he was one of europe's most wanted fugitives until his arrest in dubai 160 defendants are now on trial with em. it's a big vast sums of money in the drug trade and on president acts of gangland violence and the vote whether the state has it under control for instance there was a hat that was caught off it was found in front of a seashell large. lawyers are being murdered or sometimes feeling like they put some inspiration from what they see in colombia. numerous shootings and attacks on torch soil have been linked to these underworld figures but who are they and how could they become so powerful. this building in eastern amsterdam houses vito sugarless office the attorney defends individual standing trial for murder and drug trafficking some of his clients belong to the so-called democracy mafia whose members often have moroccan roots crime bosses they take over in those

neighborhoods and they show the boss there and people listen to them and they see if i commit a murder i can also drive a nice mercedes and also have a nice watch and also have a for women and champagne bottles and a glove. for cocaine trade is highly lucrative each day some $40000.00 containers arrive at rotterdam's a vast port only a fraction of them are checked criminals have infiltrated the ports system. last year an estimated 600 tons of the drug often hidden among bananas and other fruit shipments arrived here cocaine worth of least 50000000000 euros reached europe via the ports of antwerp and rotterdam. with that amount of cocaine a lot of money comes in and people get rich very fast and if someone is absurd. and has for almost 500000000 to his dispose and. hire hit men to do as he

pleases it undermines the whole government structure. the mafia bribes officials and business figures and its influence doesn't and there. on one occasion a cocaine shipment was concealed in a pineapple consignment smilers way is if you have someone in the harbor who knows where it went there is who can check the computer someone who picks it up with the truck yourself that have to have the right papers so everything else it has to fit perfectly you know. the cocaine delivery hidden among the pineapples was intercepted but most shipments go undetected and demand for the drug is growing that's why more and more criminal networks want a piece of the pie. last summer at least down as a major blow for the mafia. for weeks investigators had been reading criminals encrypted chats messages. when the

operation risked being exposed europol agent struck. seizing weapons drugs and arresting suspects all over europe. authorities even found a torture chamber with a repurposed dentist chair. vito she successfully defended one individual accused of accessory to murder his legal skills have gained him a strong reputation in gangland circles sugarless has arranged for us to meet one of his clients who wishes to conceal his identity the man won't talk to us about the ongoing trial of the you want to bury them and they give up a little younger generation needs to consider the kinds of problems they could face what will they do with all the money it won't necessarily keep you alive and what's the point of all those expensive toys when you're dead in a coffin or that i'm excited though to nick is the man says he now has

a car dealership and a few other businesses as he puts it we ask why he defends suspected criminals i know how to feel because i used to be one of those children back in the days when i went to school. people also tried to stop me to go to the gymnasium sometimes you don't get the same opportunities i see them in a different way the police and the prosecutor's office like to describe. public prosecutors have called the crime network a well oiled killing machine says the state wants to prove it is not succumbing to narco gangs but the cocaine shipments key pouring in the trial in amsterdam looks set to go on for some time accused gang leader tacky as much prosecutors tearing them to hunt down a life sentence meanwhile others have already taken his place in the underworld. this woman was a pioneer her name is valentino. and in 1953 she became the 1st woman to travel

to space her successful mission made her a role model for women everywhere meant was also a symbol of gender equality in her home country but almost 60 years later there are many jobs that women in russia are officially banned from doing because they are allegedly too dangerous for example it was not allowed to drive a subway train but this year things changed. women are finally in the driving seat and are pushing full speed ahead on gender equality in the russian capital. is doing her dream job as a metro driver she started working at the moscow metro almost 18 years ago at the time she didn't know that women couldn't legally drive the subway trains now they finally can and the rena says for her it was worth the wait. yeah exactly.

i used to. planes with the boys you know my father was a pilot i'd like technical stuff because i was little and by the metro somehow it drew me in the fact that it's underground i guess it's like flying but under the ground. before every shift irina gives the metro train she'll be driving a once over she looks for damage and vandalism and checks that all the fire extinguishers are where they should be a moment of calm before the empty cars fill up with commuters again irina has a lot of experience dealing with passengers she worked as a station guard on the platform for years now as a driver she tries to get a sense of each individual metro train her connection to the train she's driving feels almost spiritual to her. in russia people say the way a ship sails to. pends on what name you give it. a treat each train like

a person and i think each train has a soul to. one a train i drove had a male. most of the my female vote or the feeling of driving the metro is like your happiness. i'm happy when i'm driving. the rena is proud to be one of the 1st 12 female metro drivers after all the moscow subway is legendary its construction began in the 1930 s. at the time the soviet government wanted to build a palace for the people for commuting workers and it shows. in the 1980 s. the government banned women from the driver's seat of these trains they said the metro is too deep underground too loud and too dark to be safe for women and they said the constant vibration from the trains could damage women so-called child bearing function. a new generation brought new trains and a drive for change though it's not quite a u.-turn for now women drivers are only being deployed in the most modern trains

and only on the field skyline which runs over ground for part of its route and that's despite the fact the women have the exact same training as their male counterparts. we don't differentiate between women and men use the training program all the metro drivers need to know what to look at the place of course there are still the 1st women this metro line is less busy with volume of passengers isn't quite as high. because this line runs mainly overground it is less of a health risk nonetheless. the moscow metro has been celebrating its new generation of women drivers they even released a limited edition barbie for the occasion admittedly not the most clear cut symbol for gender equality their advertisements for the dolls in the subway itself you can be who you want to be is the slogan but for women in russia that's still not quite true. metal manufacturing like the work in this steel mill is still off limits to

women mining and drilling on an oil rig are also considered meds work $100.00 jobs are still banned for women the list of found jobs. was initially introduced after the 2nd world war to drive up the birth rate this year the russian government published an updated list but lawmakers in the country are still driven by traditional family values and deep seated patriarchal attitudes. vision and we have more years now. since women with care here. you know exist to have jobs and hard labor are still seen as men's work in our society there were also women and mothers. so providing for and taking care of their health and their reproductive functions is important. that is why we used recommendations from doctors to determine factors that are harmful to women at work. that it.

is on her way to work she does her commute there on the metro to mixing with the other passengers ahead of her shift. i think the moment will come when the government allows women to carry out the banned professions i'm sure they are working on it to ratify. the bans must be in place for a reason you know the government is taking care of women. i would tell other women to keep believing and keep hoping then that dream will come true to him no matter who you want to become everything is possible. already has her dream job and the next group of women will start training to become drivers soon but outside of these metro tunnels gender equality is still a long way away. paving the way for others and her new job is much better paying than many jobs normally done by women in russia.

home schooling is pretty challenging for many parents during the colbert 19 pandemic how do you come up with ideas to motivate and give kids busy nathan jones was faced with that same question only that his case is special lives in the u.k. with his son noah but 12 year old boy has a physical disability is bound to a wheelchair and he can't speak so his father designed an art project that has turned noah into quite a celebrity you know goes by the nickname background but. these are the one expired international artists in collaboration with background bob the 12 year old noah and his father nathan 0001 suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy he's unable to speak but he can paint with nathan's help.

the 2 of them create backgrounds and other artists then add to their designs. nathan explains that it began last year to give no us something to do during the lockdown. we went out of the carriage to our smoke or don't we just started york are not. just your friends are not all going to push out just as a bit of fun to see some artists will collaborate with you. and by the end of the 1st day i think you are just really involved and it just grew from there they began sending their colorful backgrounds out across the world and a whole load of artwork returned from spain australia colombia and many other countries. no one loves getting posts that isn't from his doctor says that a little out in background always become his new name are infinitely our iraq and

he's called background although he really really loves it it knows all of the attention no one needs help coordinating his movements but he communicates what he wants very much if the colors i hold up 2 colors on which one he. looks back using only gazing is the color. of the paper if any and and he worked his magic some guy's only cardboard. bittorrent forge can't you read nicely and then also get on just slink off and i recently read. background pulp with an instant success on social media it was even a real life exhibition the family can hardly keep up with the demand for backgrounds and now the focus come out to showcase the works the next step is to auction off the artworks with the proceeds going to hospitals and clinics when no one gets his treatment. frankie curtis is an illustrator she's very enthusiastic

about the project and not at all surprised that so many artists want to participate . found. often bring a bit of light. to the terror it's a sense of it's a sense of life doing stuff other people. are. like family really are really tends to bring people together. she thinks that no one has all the hallmarks of a good artist. i think that noah's ark is really expressive and he kind of . isn't really doesn't really set itself any boundaries. and he just kind of you know paint some of these. shapes and patterns. and release of stresses and so that it removes the project has brought now are a nathan even closer together than before. and make a big deal that i could. make

a lot of math which we were getting extra. from i think. i actually have you know an economist now about how i can go i don't don't have to dream dream big all the time sometimes just. financial nathan's love and the imagination of many artists have opened up a new creative well it. brought some color to lock down. last year's election in belarus was followed by country wide protests hundreds of thousands took to the streets rejecting the election results that gave the country's leader alexander lukashenko yet another term in office the opposition braved a crackdown by security forces and called for fresh elections hundreds have been imprisoned now those who want to look at outs have run weary of facing off with

police but their protests haven't stopped small groups of demonstrators still needs in remote locations. you know if you're. a forest outside minsk residents of a district in the belle russian capital have come out at minus 18 degrees celsius to gather dance warm themselves before the colors of the blue sea in opposition. free of fear. the trial of the boy while there a could have been of course the 1st we've beaten up in us an open spaces like stadiums and then in courtyards but the special police units came by the bus load anyway they hauled us off stuck us in jail for days and beaters eventually our fear of physical violence was greater than our desire to go dancing. so then i suggested we come out here. yep it was hopeless the way it sorta. moxon used to produce

computer games another of the dancers said you know ropes and to reserve. the. most of the fears or run circles that we used to come here every year to get cross-country skiing or because of the fresh air but now we come because of the freedom. we can't breathe in the city anymore because of these monsters the security forces that just everywhere but ok you can talk yeah let only energy out of business so that they're not to give. up. their call for the release of some 250 detainees who they say are political prisoners that try to give each other hope and keep up their spirits with a humorous slogans. see a. lot worse the future of the rulers are trying any way they can to discourage the

people and incapacitate them started so that you just sit at home. crying. no more you feel like you. cannot assume is one of many who are seeking help from a psychologist bill rusian society appears traumatized by the brutality of the special police units by the ever present danger of being picked up by an unmarked transporter many are disappointed that in spite of everything that's happened. is still in power. at the window shop for many of the one some of the most active and helped the political situation would change a sinking into depression the people in the world i think those who haven't and doubt the way they expected the ira for half of my clients to psychiatry ists to get medications. that's the many of them and they come to me fairly late on any

medication can have to commit those up warmish because senior takes your mind off of things by weaving baskets but she doesn't read books anymore and can only fall asleep with the help of tranquilizers the sense of hope and pride she felt when she marched with hundreds of thousands through men's holding opposition flags has faded . this christmas much of diversity is the sunday much is turned into a really terrifying again when it got to the point we have to run away. the mass protests and much few announcements but the gatherings in the courtyards haven't stopped and dickless shells. to send your maxims group also venture out to stage smaller acts of protest in the city they even made it into closely guarded victory square. who was the more to big to keep on putting up with the will they say something about sums there it's like some kind of

concentration camp and unless we do something about it the door whenever benchley just close again with us inside to. maxim edits together videos of their little protest events including the forest gathering so the opposition will remain visible. maxim says he's not afraid of prison life and bill ruse is almost like prison anyway. in the end the political order invalid will definitely change votes which is clear that the current order no longer works you know bush wants to bring us like a corpse but you just have to get rid of. it. but as yet there is little indication of that happening next and the others may have to produce many of their motivational videos for change comes to deliver.

here in germany james and public swimming pools are closed due to the coronavirus lockdown well in berlin those who really missed the water have had the winter time absent of ice swimming in one of the lakes are on the german capital like the nymph it's a tradition that has been practiced year for centuries a hobby that's definitely not for those of us will like it's warm and cozy. it's saturday morning and your hunger striker is off to one of his favorite spots in the forests around for land. he comes here to lake nymph and see at least once a week. and this time he's not the 1st i swimmer to arrive. the thermometer reveals a water temperature of one degree above freezing. it's high stakes say you should only stay in the water as long as it's temperature height so i don't overdo it but i don't stay in longer than one minute but i haven't kept track with. icy water

temperatures don't scare your honner starker. on the contrary. this winter more i swimmers than ever before came to berlin's lake cabin on sunday mornings. chainsaws and axes are essential equipment but. if you get the money against when it is a cloud of it that's a bit difficult right now the clubs are all closed when right in small groups so everything's kept within the limits of what's allowed but it's especially tricky today because the ice is over 10 centimeters think some of the i swimmers have been doing this since the mid 1980 s. during the winter not down this extreme sport had a noticeable burst of popularity. i swimming is good not only for the body but for the soul as well as there's a sort of endorphins when you go into the water up to have been when you get the courage up even to go and then comes this feeling

a well being and you really do feel good content you with when you come out of your body gets the cue to warm up and you actually feel most unworthy there is this euphoric feeling so yes it's fun. and this time in 1000 twenties i should a 100 years ago berliners were already taking a leap into the icy waters. well. before we start raising here. what's always cool is when you hold your hands and arms out and it gets extra cold . back at lincoln infancy you have a starker isn't out to prove anything after his one minute he reemerges into the winter air. i can really feel that it's cool but it's good it actually feels worm when you come out if it weren't for my cold feet and i could just keep on standing here like this. in the pandemic winter venturing out to be warmed by

a quick dip in freezing water can seem like a great adventure. you'll never catch me doing that well we've come to the end after they take care and get back. moving. the footman.

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