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Ladybbird · 07-05-25, 17:52

Cocaine Corruption & Bribes: German Port Under Siege by Europes Criminal Drug Gangs

After seizure in Hamburg of 16 tonnes of highpurity powder, state attorney is accused of being on payroll of gang he was supposed to be prosecuting

The Guardian 7 MAY 2025

A container ship is moored at a terminal of the port in Hamburg. In 2021 police announced Europe?s biggest ever seizure of cocaine at the port: 16 tonnes stashed in 1,700 wall-putty tins shipped from Paraguay.

In Hamburgs spring sunshine, 200,000-tonne cargo ships almost a quarter of a mile long, piled high with the same weight in shipping containers, are docked quayside along the Elbe River. Cranes slowly offload the metal boxes packed with everything from raw materials to food and electronics, and, in some, cocaine.

Between 2018 and 2023 cocaine seizures rose by 750%, marking out Germany as another major European hub in the ever-expanding global trade. But the influx is not just ramping up addiction, it is also fuelling corruption in a country perceived as being one of the least corrupt in the world.

We are seeing an infiltration of the port infrastructure in Hamburg, bribing of police officers in exchange for information and lately a state attorney awaiting trial for allegedly leaking information to a cocaine trafficking network, said Daniel Brombacher, who runs the Europe bureau at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

In 2021, police announced Europes biggest ever seizure of cocaine at the port: 16 tonnes of high-purity powder stashed in 1,700 wall-putty tins shipped from Paraguay to Hamburg. The lead public prosecutor in that case was in court last week accused of being on the payroll of the same gang he was supposed to be prosecuting.
Wrapped yellow, blue and gold containers with ?Fox? written on them.

Cocaine found in more than 1,700 tins of wall filler after a seizure by German authorities in Hamburg.

The man, named as Yashar G, is accused of leaking investigation details to the gang and warning suspects of their imminent arrest in return for ?5,000 (?4,250) a month. He was arrested in October by police monitoring the gang?s encrypted communications ? when police raided the network shortly after the Hamburg seizure, key targets had already fled to Dubai. Yashar G is also accused of leaking sensitive information to other drug gangs. He denies all allegations against him.

Cocaine production in Colombia and its consumption in western Europe are hitting record highs. So too is the money being made by European organised crime networks distributing a product worth more by weight than platinum. A kilo of cocaine is worth $2,000 in Colombia, but once in Europe its value rockets to an average of $40,000.

Profits from this huge mark-up are not just spent on luxury cars and villas, but used to smooth the path for the next shipment as the gangster creep digs its tentacles into countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Germany.

Hamburg, the European Union?s third largest port is one of its most targeted ports by drug gangs, according to Europol. Insiders known as hafeninnent?ter (including dock and shipping workers, security guards and truck drivers) move the drugs unnoticed. Two Hamburg port workers were this month jailed for helping transport 480kg of cocaine from Ecuador and enabling a physical attack on a colleague who threatened the plot.

Police have launched a publicity campaign to help port workers fend off drug gangs trying to recruit or extort them, but Hamburg?s port security forces feel so under threat they last year demanded submachine guns. In one incident Belgian police tipped off Hamburg?s port police that an armed French drug gang was planning a raid to recover seized cocaine.

People walk on the Grosse Freiheit in Hamburgs red light district.

Cocaines profits meanwhile spill out on to Hamburgs streets. Karl, a former bouncer in the citys red light district, said money from cocaine has become increasingly visible in the last five years. Every weekend you see more and more young men in Ferraris, Lamborghinis and ?150,000 SUVs, he said. This is not money earned from prostitution, or scams or cannabis. This is cocaine money.

A series of cases in Germany have also highlighted alleged corruption within police ranks an officer in the south-western state of Baden-W?rttemberg arrested this month on suspicion of being on the Italian ?Ndrangheta mafia?s payroll, a senior police officer in Hanover suspected of taking bribes from a drug trafficking network arrested in January, a drug squad officer arrested near Frankfurt in November on charges of aiding and abetting drug dealers and a police officer arrested in Bonn in August who was accused of passing classified information to members of the Dutch-Moroccan mafia, big players in Europes drug trade.

The cocaine bonanza that we have witnessed in Germany and the EU in the past decade has led to an unprecedented influx of cash into organised crime, said Brombacher. Organised crime groups have never had so much venture capital available, and also never before such a strong incentive to invest in bribing to make sure the business keeps moving.

Hamburg Port Authority said issues linked to port security were dealt with by Hamburg police. In a statement, a spokesperson for the police said: International organised criminal groups are often recruiting employees of the port industry in order to support the smuggling of cocaine from South America into Germany and Europe via the port of Hamburg. These so-called ?internal port offenders? are playing a particular key role in this kind of illegal drug importation.

The spokesperson said the police, alongside customs, the port authority and the private sector, were making significant efforts to combat this issue

Shipping containers stacked in Hamburg port on 15 April.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH9qXffGP9I

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 50,517 Thanks: 28,767 Thanked 14,428 Times in 10,234 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Cocaine & Bribes: German Port Under Drugs Siege & Corrupt State Attorney Cocaine Corruption & Bribes: German Port Under Siege by Europes Criminal Drug Gangs After seizure in Hamburg of 16 tonnes of highpurity powder, state attorney is accused of being on payroll of gang he was supposed to be prosecuting The Guardian 7 MAY 2025 A container ship is moored at a terminal of the port in Hamburg. In 2021 police announced Europe?s biggest ever seizure of cocaine at the port: 16 tonnes stashed in 1,700 wall-putty tins shipped from Paraguay. In Hamburgs spring sunshine, 200,000-tonne cargo ships almost a quarter of a mile long, piled high with the same weight in shipping containers, are docked quayside along the Elbe River. Cranes slowly offload the metal boxes packed with everything from raw materials to food and electronics, and, in some, cocaine. Between 2018 and 2023 cocaine seizures rose by 750%, marking out Germany as another major European hub in the ever-expanding global trade. But the influx is not just ramping up addiction, it is also fuelling corruption in a country perceived as being one of the least corrupt in the world. We are seeing an infiltration of the port infrastructure in Hamburg, bribing of police officers in exchange for information and lately a state attorney awaiting trial for allegedly leaking information to a cocaine trafficking network, said Daniel Brombacher, who runs the Europe bureau at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. In 2021, police announced Europes biggest ever seizure of cocaine at the port: 16 tonnes of high-purity powder stashed in 1,700 wall-putty tins shipped from Paraguay to Hamburg. The lead public prosecutor in that case was in court last week accused of being on the payroll of the same gang he was supposed to be prosecuting. Wrapped yellow, blue and gold containers with ?Fox? written on them. Cocaine found in more than 1,700 tins of wall filler after a seizure by German authorities in Hamburg. The man, named as Yashar G, is accused of leaking investigation details to the gang and warning suspects of their imminent arrest in return for ?5,000 (?4,250) a month. He was arrested in October by police monitoring the gang?s encrypted communications ? when police raided the network shortly after the Hamburg seizure, key targets had already fled to Dubai. Yashar G is also accused of leaking sensitive information to other drug gangs. He denies all allegations against him. Cocaine production in Colombia and its consumption in western Europe are hitting record highs. So too is the money being made by European organised crime networks distributing a product worth more by weight than platinum. A kilo of cocaine is worth $2,000 in Colombia, but once in Europe its value rockets to an average of $40,000. Profits from this huge mark-up are not just spent on luxury cars and villas, but used to smooth the path for the next shipment as the gangster creep digs its tentacles into countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Germany. Hamburg, the European Union?s third largest port is one of its most targeted ports by drug gangs, according to Europol. Insiders known as hafeninnent?ter (including dock and shipping workers, security guards and truck drivers) move the drugs unnoticed. Two Hamburg port workers were this month jailed for helping transport 480kg of cocaine from Ecuador and enabling a physical attack on a colleague who threatened the plot. Police have launched a publicity campaign to help port workers fend off drug gangs trying to recruit or extort them, but Hamburg?s port security forces feel so under threat they last year demanded submachine guns. In one incident Belgian police tipped off Hamburg?s port police that an armed French drug gang was planning a raid to recover seized cocaine. People walk on the Grosse Freiheit in Hamburgs red light district. Cocaines profits meanwhile spill out on to Hamburgs streets. Karl, a former bouncer in the citys red light district, said money from cocaine has become increasingly visible in the last five years. Every weekend you see more and more young men in Ferraris, Lamborghinis and ?150,000 SUVs, he said. This is not money earned from prostitution, or scams or cannabis. This is cocaine money. A series of cases in Germany have also highlighted alleged corruption within police ranks an officer in the south-western state of Baden-W?rttemberg arrested this month on suspicion of being on the Italian ?Ndrangheta mafia?s payroll, a senior police officer in Hanover suspected of taking bribes from a drug trafficking network arrested in January, a drug squad officer arrested near Frankfurt in November on charges of aiding and abetting drug dealers and a police officer arrested in Bonn in August who was accused of passing classified information to members of the Dutch-Moroccan mafia, big players in Europes drug trade. The cocaine bonanza that we have witnessed in Germany and the EU in the past decade has led to an unprecedented influx of cash into organised crime, said Brombacher. Organised crime groups have never had so much venture capital available, and also never before such a strong incentive to invest in bribing to make sure the business keeps moving. Hamburg Port Authority said issues linked to port security were dealt with by Hamburg police. In a statement, a spokesperson for the police said: International organised criminal groups are often recruiting employees of the port industry in order to support the smuggling of cocaine from South America into Germany and Europe via the port of Hamburg. These so-called ?internal port offenders? are playing a particular key role in this kind of illegal drug importation. The spokesperson said the police, alongside customs, the port authority and the private sector, were making significant efforts to combat this issue Shipping containers stacked in Hamburg port on 15 April. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH9qXffGP9I

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