At a time when drug seizures in the EU have increased sixfold in more than ten years for cocaine alone, the European Commission proposed on Thursday 4 December, in its new EU Drugs Strategy and an Action Plan against drug trafficking to strengthen the European Ports Alliance, launched at the beginning of 2024, to strengthen partnerships with third countries, particularly in Latin America, to prevent these drugs from reaching the EU, and to strengthen the resources of Europol and even...