Irish drug gangs linked to Italian mafia in EU cocaine boom

The report by UN and EU drug enforcement agencies says repeated multi-tonne seizures of cocaine highlight the “significantly increased" supply of cocaine to Europe

Major Irish drug gangs have been colluding with the Italian mafia and Dutch crime groups in supplying a booming cocaine trade in Europe, according to an international study.

The report by UN and EU drug agencies documents a “new phenomenon” of increased cooperation between European drug traffickers and high-level cocaine brokers.