Flemish ports face mounting disruption as a strike by maritime pilots continues over pension disputes. The Pilots’ Professional Association accuses the government of failing to uphold prior agreements, leaving over 90 ships stranded across Antwerp, Zeebrugge, and Ghent
Customs at the Port of Antwerp intercepted 606 kilograms of cocaine hidden among canned fish from Ecuador at quay 1742. Authorities confirmed the drugs will be destroyed while investigators trace the smuggling network behind the attempt
A recent investigation by Follow The Money (FTM) has uncovered alarming allegations that Iranian container ships docking at the Port of Antwerp may have...
Authorities had intercepted messages from notorious drug trafficker Tom Michielsen, which suggested that a customs officer had been bribed to allow a drug-laden container to pass through the port undetected
The arrest, conducted in collaboration with authorities from Belgium, Colombia, and the United Kingdom, also led to the detention of two other suspects. Namoussi, a resident of Genk, Belgium, was previously sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison for drug trafficking in 2021
