EU agency warns of potential 'uberisation' of cocaine trade as drug seizures hit 'record levels'

The EU drugs agency said there were 104,000 seizures of cocaine in the EU in 2017, compared to 98,000 seizures in 2016.

Cocaine seizures are at “record levels” across Europe, with trafficking via commercial shipping across the Atlantic posing a “major challenge”, the EU drugs agency says.

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Emcdda) said the continuing rise in supply is being accompanied by an increase in purity levels, which now stand at their highest level in 10 years.