The Port of Antwerp has urged for collective action in response to the city mayor’s claim that cocaine travelling through the port will corrupt politics.
Bart DeWever told local newspaper de Volkskrant that the city’s cash flow from drug smuggling is enormous and warned the influence of the money is not limited to certain districts.
De Weaver said: “This is going to permeate politics. I dare say in Antwerp we are on the verge of people buying political influence.”
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