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Criminologist Robin Hofmann on the power of the cocaine gangs in the Netherlands

2021-10-17T07:33:52.734Z


German criminologist Robin Hofmann from Maastricht University explains how the cocaine gangs in the Netherlands got so powerful. And what role the country's tolerant drug policy played in this.


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Coffee shop "The Bulldog" in Amsterdam: The tolerance of soft drugs has favored the lucrative business with hard drugs

Photo: Hollandse Hoogte / IMAGO

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