European agency advocates using military force to stop maritime 'cocaine highway' - report
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-07-17 03:34 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Crime & Justice, Defence, Europe, Military & Defence, Germany, Drugs, World News, US Politics, War & Conflict
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Europe’s lead agency fighting drug trafficking, the Maritime Analysis and Operations Center (MAOC), released a “call to action memo” this spring, urging countries to allow the “use of force during maritime pursuits, allowing for engine-disabling tactics and shooting,” confidential documents seen by the Washington Post, German broadcaster NDF, LeMonde in France, and NRC in the Netherlands found.
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