this is going to be funded here repos every weekend on d. w. the bombings on the streets of germany for from on phillips, the scope is of goods potty minus involving tonight, hydra exclusively. and then that's going to be a little intense dish, be ever chevy the mafia. kind of the kind of guns and the spelling get gig now under control. then i'm socially stunned from black male to kidnappings and torture . criminal games have unleashed and unprecedented wave of drug related violence. due to this class of criminals is so violent that human lives ultimately don't matter. we should see the conflict over the highly lucrative cocaine business is escalating and german police have ceased record amounts of the drugs. while in

south america where it's produced, the drug cartels exert a terrifying level of power. and it's a war where europe is also on the front lines among the victims, a well known reporter and the netherlands. they have so much money to tell someone like killed joining this kill ally. it would be so much money, you know, in the netherlands, even the former prime minister and the royal family had been targeted by the cocaine cartels. he's all this coming to germany to mesquite searches of there have been cases of prosecutors, judges and police investigators being threatened. meanwhile, via forties are stepping up their efforts and this increasingly global war at the end, it's like a fight that you cannot win the, the war against drugs who can never win the

of our journey begins in february 2024. we accompany each martina link vice president of germany's federal police agency and interior minister nancy phaser their visit to south america would take them to a number of major cocaine producing nations. def tv devices, such as the name of this trip, is to intensify our cooperation with countries of origin and transit states tested by to see where we can provide support in the shape of equipment and training and movies of ice and potentially via joint investigations. when coming to the hotel, we will be able to intensify discussions about the structures of these criminal groups in addition to the seizure scheme, because destroying those structures is what really matters to the german delegation touches down in ecuador, among the reasons for the trip was apparently an urgent alert from authorities in the u. s. a warning of the cocaine cartels,

increasing penetration of the german market. and suggesting berlin take rapid action to avoid losing the war against the drug producers. the level of danger involved is already clear to see in ecuador, the visitors are escorted everywhere by dozens of heavily armed police. an overnight stay has to be cancelled due to security concerns. as the cocaine cartels terrorize the country, ecuador finds itself on the brink of becoming a norco state. the deadly violence has become the norm here. and it street battles between heavily armed gangs and as well as fighting each other. they openly challenge the states authority in january 2024th,

an ecuadorian prosecutor was shot dead in his car. he'd been investigating norco gaggs, classifying 20 of them as terrorist organizations. just a few days earlier, one of the games had taken hostages at a university and broadcast their desperate cries for help. the all part of a wave of open intimidation and tear. in another shocking demonstration of their power, the gang in store, and a tv studio during a live broadcast taking hostages. as state order continues to a road further, even more cocaine threatens to be shipped out of the country and off to europe. during their visit, the delegation from berlin reached an agreement with the ecuadorian government. the german criminal police agency will station, a liaison officer in the country a further stop on the delegations trip peru

after columbia. the world's 2nd biggest grower of the coca plant. the prove and police shared this video with us. it shows security forces reading and illegal drugs lab in the middle of the jungle where cocaine is manufactured with very basic equipment. the. the footage shows dried cocoa leaves and an outdoor container. just one of many such facilities hidden away in the peruvian jungle. the cocaine is shipped abroad via the country's ports, including here in the capital lima. the german interior minister and her team are here to get a 1st hand look at the situation and to see what they can do to limit the export of okay, on general, same non the why. so diaz hits peruse anti narcotics unit did on the we were

permitted to accompany his team as they conducted checks at the port. their inspections involve sniffer dogs and cameras that can be inserted into shipping containers. t va. we're looking for parcels and packages that look different than the rest of the goods inside the, as his team had no success today, they found no cocaine. in the symptoms this, our task is to fold up. i meant to, to find the drugs and catch those responsible for them as well because we liaise with foreign drug and force and the agencies to say and which is important. because it's the only way of being able to identify major drug trafficking organize you should just see on this, getting the knowledge the guns are based, nothing through but rather than the countries of destination. okay. starting in the face, it is the non profit margins of the cartels are enormous, where it's produced in various south american countries. aquino,

of cocaine sales for around the equivalent of $2300.00 euros after being transported to europe primarily by c. that same kilo is worth $37000.00 bureaus and once it reaches the streets of germany, for example, the market value is even double that. it's a business worth billions and the cartels are currently flooding the market with a drug in 2023 alone. the german authorities secured $43.00 tons, a record hall, some of which ends up with gabe. you'll him chief toxicologist at the high security lab of the germans federal criminal police agency. he and his fellow analysts are finding that the cocaine arriving in germany is becoming more and more sure in quality. because in some of the non cool as seen in the graph behind me in one of the samples we're seeing right now have an active substance and content of around 90 percent. that's a significant rise over the past 10 to 20 years old and stuff. we're also seeing

that the difference between the wholesale quality and st samples is minimal. what if anything has been developed and on the modest to both indicate a growing volume of cocaine arriving in germany back in peru. successful raids like this one in drug producing countries are few and far between the cartels labeled their goods. according to country of destination, dispatch appears to have been bound for germany, marked with swats, because a symbol now bound in the country. on this stage of the trip to south america, the german interior minister signs a security agreement with a peruvian government. without cooperation of this kind, mass of cocaine will continue to reach germany, says martina link of the federal criminal police agency to speak online and conduct . our agency cannot prevent this on its own mines. and everything we've said has been fortunately confirmed by our colleagues,

that it's only possible if we all work together at all levels of an evening. while also visiting brazil, the german ensure your minister arranged for the creation of joint investigation teams. similar to those already operating in the european union. this stuff on her tour is again marked by massive security precautions. even the visiting delegations, luggage is checked by sniffer dogs. during the flight home to germany, the minister expresses her concerns that one does via the aim is to combat international cocaine trafficking. and the a company in spiral of violence became easy. and we're already seeing the consequences of this terrible trade in our neighbors and the netherlands in belgium, in vest dot com. and that's something i definitely want to prevent coming to germany. and we think that nonsense say, you know, and it's in the netherlands where turf wars over the cocaine trade had become

particularly brutal. this is only one of over a 1000 detox involving explosives in the netherlands in 2023, 3 times as much as the previous year. open war has broken out between rival games with innocent victims, seen nearly as collateral damage. few people have as good an insight into the criminal world of the dutch drugs market as vito should crew that he's a defense lawyer and amsterdam is clients include king pins, dealers and middleman. they're bombing each other's houses. this is probably trending also for neighbors. you know, because people are innocent of getting shop, also getting bombed. so this is a big problem. and you see that with all these big money also comes big financing

because it's about a lot of things. you know, it's not about just some couple of 1000 journals, but millions of years they have so much money to tell someone like kill joining this kill ally. it would be so much money. you know, the violence is also a warning to the government and public to interfere with games activities at their own peril. the highest profile victim to date was painted to freeze and investigative journalist who began comparing the netherlands to a norco state back in 2018. soon enough, there was an attack on the newspaper he worked for. his murder in 2021 was a contract killing, issued by the macro mafia, a collection of gangs whose members largely have moroccan roots. a number of their attacks and the netherlands have been captured on camera. the veto should cool. ahead warns peter to freeze about the mafia. the reporter had publicly supported

a key witness for the prosecution in an organized crime trial. i felt like maybe he did not know what he's dealing with because i know what he's dealing with and these people, they are very vicious. so i told him like, listen um, are you sure that you want to do this? because these people are vicious, they will kill you, they will not ask or trenton you, they will immediately kill you, you know. and then he said to me, like if i don't do it, i can not look myself into the mirror. both the lawyer representing the key witness and his uninvolved brother had already been murdered. and now to freeze within the firing line. a courtroom sketch of the accused. the dutch authorities were able to reconstruct the sequence of events leading up to the murder via text messages and security camera footage. july 6th 2021. well pay to freeze was doing a tv interview in this building. his killers were waiting outside with the shooter

being issued instructions from accomplices. do a good job of a don't mess this up. bro. i'm gonna blow this all through his body. to man served as lookouts at this fast food outlets right across from the rear exit door of the tv station to freeze is seen leaving the building and walking down the street in downtown amsterdam, followed by the 2 lookouts. the shooter was waiting at the end of the street on the steps, receiving no response from him. his accomplices were becoming agitated. and is he still not there? to freeze walked past the man with a gun who then opened fire at close range. 5 shots can be heard on the surveillance footage. right afterwards, the shooter texted done. he's dead. you sure?

how many shots did you fire, or 4 or 5 is dead? no sweat brother. i shot him twice in the head. an accomplice recorded video footage of the aftermath as proof of the freezes death. the reporter, lying motion list on the street as police attempt to resuscitate him. shortly afterwards, he's a come to his wounds in the hospital. his death left a nation in shock with thousands of people lining up to pay to freeze their last respects. the dutch king even spelled out the dimensions of the crime. the talking journalism, the cornerstone of the rule of law. therefore, an attack on the rule of law, we have stuff and those ongoing attacks or having an impact. another cornerstone of the rule of law is protection for witnesses. but in the netherlands,

one that is crumbling. i don't want to do that, so i'm not defending crowd window. so because i know that in this mafia thing, this is a line not to be crossed. so if i would say i'm going to help a cry with this den is no limits, then they can kill me. i know the state is looking outside our borders in the in other countries to ask if lawyers are willing to represent chrome. when does this in holland, because here we don't want to do it because it doesn't way up the risk 1st as the benefits. the criminals have not shied from threatening. the royal family either. gang members reportedly planned to a duct princess, amalia prompting her family to insist that she abandoned her studies in amsterdam and return to the royal palace. the cocaine mafia also had plans to kidnap mark wrote to after the vin dodge prime minister had announced special funding for the fight against the cartels. gang

leaders started tracking his movements. this police re brought home just how brutal the criminals are. inside the building, a set of shipping containers converted into a mixture of prison with a sound proof torture chamber. in a low to the multiple boxes, we found 7 containers is $86.00 were set up a selves where people could be tied up. the payments and the other one was designed as a torture chamber, renewables month got the 2nd building. and ron or dan, i think, may have served as a base for the criminal justice. i told the boss just 4 days coming with the rate here. i think we were able to prevent a number of violent acts difficult. the brutality of the dutch drug cartels knows no bounds or borders and has now crossed over into germany. cologne, july 2024 again adapted to of its own members and held them captive in this building . they tortured them to find

a suspected traitor in their ranks. while filming the ordeal, realism visited the the hostages were eventually fried by a special police unit, who also seized a cache fire arms. 7 men were subsequently arrested, but the 3 suspected leaders were able to flee to the netherlands. the kidnappings were linked to the fact of 300 kilos of marijuana from this storage room, with an estimated market value of 1500000 euros. investigators believe the drugs belong to the so called micro mafia. the thieves, evidently from a rival gang, the resulting to her for is it 1st in germany? the man behind this attack is believed to have come over from the netherlands of

the one in a series of bombings the meeting. and then ask whom does the like for these are to us. so i'm an exclusive from on phillips. the scope is all the codes potty minus. i'm in dolton cannot hide it. it's to soon and then asked me to let me finish this, be appreciated, the mafia, kind of the kind of guns and then the spelling get gave them out on the concord and associates. then you go to the local mafia of what and also you know, who indeed so all phone the violence involved in the conflict is assuming a new quality in germany was a dozen bombings, cologne at the center, but also spreading to other locations in the state of north run westphalia, the perpetrators also target stores and apartment buildings, showing little concerned for potential casualties among innocent bystanders.

vista in here, the loan police department is facing major challenges due to our president of the cases of filing to organized crime, to you for being a while. i can say it, but the perpetrators is that there is a proven connection to judge criminal us. bush be see of the i can disability with investigations ongoing. the police are reluctant to provide further details. we talk to an expert on organized crime in germany. oliva, which takes us to one of the crime scenes and the tour for the modern media harbor district in the city of this will. josh, not far from cologne. august 19th, 2024 surveillance camera footage shows an individual designating an explosive device before running away. presumably a warning to one of the residents, an upscale neighborhood,

and many people here preferred to remain anonymous. this building has no names displayed by the entrance, but the mafia have their spies, you know, lock. they have people who gather information for them. individuals who are their eyes and ears on the ground, they talk to people and pay the money to provide information, arm road and get. and eventually they'll track down the building. they're looking for house. it's all about who has himself been a person of interest for the mafia due to his work. as a police investigator, every court testimony and statement makes him a potential target was that i don't you have to be aware that there are people sitting in the dock who don't benefit from me testifying or nobody said that they'd prefer me not to be there either so you have to keep in mind that they wish you har button to see. i mean with this for 6 months after the trip to south america, we meet up again with martina link from germany's federal criminal police agency.

the situation in germany may not be comparable with that in south american countries, but martina link confirms that here to the cartels are targeting senior figures from the storage ease lift gate. so it shows up for her to does. there are cases of prosecutors, the judges and police investigators being threatened to the the criminal organizations are doing everything in their power to consolidate their profit margins and their spheres of influence. back in the netherlands, vito's, you kula is getting ready for a court case. today, the suspected perpetrators behind the murder of journalist peter to freeze are due to be sentenced. to kula is defending one of the accused. the, i think it's the biggest case of course have done other murder cases. i'm doing automotive cases about this case is neck to level because of the, the, the big,

the greatness of big data for easy was such a huge persona in holland. i was awesome to defend one of these guys. and i 1st said no, because i felt personally involvement by database was not my friend, but i felt like i knew him. but on a professional level, i have to do my job 2 hours before the verdict. veto should crew that goes directly into the high security courtroom, known as the bunker. the trial is guarded by special heavily on police. the defendants are driven straight to the basement of the building. on the dock today or the 9 man accused of involvement in the murder of the freeze, their alleged to have acted on behalf of the macro mafia. the trial has revealed that the court passes down links the jail sentences 10 years for vito chicago last client and 28 years for the

gunman who had been offered 100000 euros to carry out the contract, killing for the narcotics mafia says to kula young people from vulnerable backgrounds are an easy source of recruits, and they just see it as a way to make money. which is concerning, of course, because what goes on a young people's mind that they think that they can kill someone. um and then getting money for it, you know, like, it's like a job for some people which is very concerning. a job that now even school children are being recruited for the organization thing this year with these children. because if they get caught, they don't know us because we have a middle man in between. we don't have to pay them a lot and they get low sanders's so obviously children, even girls, small girls like $5016.00 go in there to try to fetch cocaine. and it's very dangerous, of course, for them that's the lower of the gang seen,

is further glamorize by influencers and wrappers. the promise of a luxurious lifestyle is attempting one for many in the netherlands as in germany and elsewhere. but to get a foot and a lucrative cocaine trade, you 1st need some start up capital in the space of just 9 years. some 3000 cash machines in germany were blown open. also leading bystanders, terrified by the police, are no doubt that the majority of the atm robberies are connected to cocaine. gangs, only about who takes us to a bank branch and just load off that's suffered, that very fate does it. so to fish for it's a typical setup for a local bank with the atm on the ground floor and families living above it from you

. you can see people there right now because you bedroom probably on the right. so i strongly shut off. and when a fire breaks out after the explosion, i imagine getting the family out through the front door when on things like you don't challenge for firefighters. so you find there have been cases of buildings catching on fire on top, hunts. you ask him, leon hits the narcotics division of the german national criminal police agency. is sure that recruiting teenagers to carry out the attacks is a deliberate ploy. on the part of the cocaine cartels take a does call. those social media plays must have rolled in the recruitment of young people for criminal activities in the dock to be taking the fault that it's not today advantages that if they get caught up there, try it as minors to work. so they don't spend much time in jail and can easily be replaced of it's basically just a constant source of recruits compared to many of the gangs now established in the netherlands, are expanding operations and the violence across the border to germany.

cases based on both think based on those who does to get most of the atm high, sweeping, seen in germany, can be attributed to touch nationals. and then if thoughts when you get to look to fluids. and our findings show that groups of criminals based and roger time direct, i'm majorly involved. and of course on as the atm in germany are not as well protected and are an easy mark for the dutch gangs. and the criminals are just as ruthless when making their getaway back to the netherlands or the farm, the copper shot at them. they turn off their headlines when they drive onto a highway to prevent us from seeing and identifying them with a st focal mega. and they simply don't care, no risk is too great for the latest musical called that. how many they also deactivate the airbags so that single so that if there's a police car ahead, they can ram their way through and for that you need the airbags to be switched off . the expansion of the drug gangs operations has led to the market being flooded

with cocaine from south america. and while there is now better cooperation and communication between different national agencies, the cartels are always a step ahead loud music. do you personally believe that this fight against the cartels can never be one to buy? so given one f one, we can probably not sell them for us. which to the crucial thing is that we take the necessary measures to deprive these criminal groups of their money good and seem removing drugs from the markets and making arrest lofton in the us. we do to the 1st name, but the last time that we're not seeing a meaningful decline in the amount of narcotics available home to end up having 2000 of these. there are no winners any way from you. and we're seeing families being destroyed, you know, concluding those of the criminals between you and teenagers, from those families who will never have a chance of leading a normal decent life. you know that i've missed. there are only losers. an escape new for the on that are still a lot of poking,

coming in. people still are using it. it's not like people are not using it anymore . you know? so at the end, it's like a fight that you cannot win the war against drugs. you can never win the the, the news channels instead of cows central kenya, many farmers have switched over disastrous droughts or hitting the country more and more often. camels are game changer in times of climate change. they would stand better than cattle. everything. their milk is highly value because

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