(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUL 27 - There is a significant and
growing "maritime Balkan route bringing drugs" into Southeast
Europe "through key commercial seaports," in the region, a new
report of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized
Crime (GITOC) said.. According to the study, "cocaine from Latin
America and heroin via Türkiye and the Middle East" are
transiting through harbours in the region, while "other
commodities being smuggled along this route include weapons,
waste, counterfeit goods and cigarettes." In South Eastern
Europe more than a hundred ports and 12 container terminals are
operative, which are important entry and exit points for trade
in the Adriatic, Aegean, Black and Ionian Seas, as well as along
the Danube, the report noted. The report analyses the illegal
trade in several ports in the region, including Rijeka and
Koper. (ANSA).
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