Italy makes biggest cocaine bust in 25 years
By DW
03 February 2019 |
9:21 am
This week Italian authorities intercepted a whopping €650 million ($725 million) in international cocaine shipments. The cocaine was seized in Italian ports on shipments from Latin America to Spain.
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