'Not just a police matter': Battling drug trade also 'sociopolitical', depends on schools & families

28/01/2026 12:24 France 24

Eve Irvine welcomes Professor Federico Varese, Criminologist and Professor at Oxford University. Cocaine trade and consumption in Europe is expanding and embedding itself ever more deeply into the social and geopolitical fabric of the continent. It's a complex ecosystem where increased production in Colombia, inventive trafficking routes through Africa, and technological innovations like drones and submersibles are pushing the limits of law enforcement. All the while, we are reminded that the war on drugs begins in the home and school.

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