{"id":276180,"date":"2025-09-08T15:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/huge-drugs-bust-reveals-battles-on-cocaine-superhighway-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:05:07","slug":"huge-drugs-bust-reveals-battles-on-cocaine-superhighway-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/huge-drugs-bust-reveals-battles-on-cocaine-superhighway-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge drugs bust reveals battles on cocaine &#8216;superhighway&#8217; | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fkWIQt3akG8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Huge drugs bust reveals battles on cocaine 'superhighway' | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fkWIQt3akG8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement agencies across Europe have admitted they are struggling to stop the growing quantity of cocaine crossing the Atlantic from South America.<\/p>\n<p>The Maritime Analysis Operations Centre (MAOC), which polices the transatlantic drug trade, said 100 ships suspected of trafficking drugs to Europe were not stopped last year because the authorities didn&#8217;t have enough vessels to intercept them.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 600 vessels are monitored by MAOC each day, while record amounts of cocaine are being produced in South America, said its director, Sjoerd Top.<\/p>\n<p>The drug is usually shipped in large container ships to European ports like Rotterdam and Antwerp. 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