Several shootings took place in Brussels in just a fewer days. Weapons clashes are drug gangs, primarily composed of migrants seeking global protection. due to them, innocent people suffer. However, according to experts, the origin of immense request for drugs in the Belgian capital is mostly the EU authoritative class.
Four shootings in Brussels, which took place in just 3 days, are followed by drug gangs. The mafia recruits their “soldiers” among asylum seekers, frequently minors. In turn, request for drugs in the EU capital is created by wealthy "expansates" from Europe and the world.
The Prosecutor's Office in Brussels recorded in 2024 a full of 89 shootings in which 9 people were killed. This figure increased by 27 incidents compared to 2023 and 33 – compared to 2022. However, only in 3 days of the first week of February, 4 shootings occurred in the capital of Belgium and the EU.
Reason? Drug Gang Wars. – In Brussels 2 mafias are fighting for the territory: the Marseille and local, Brussels gangs – explained in an interview with PAP reporter Douglas De Coninck from the Flemish paper "De Morgen". It is not a coincidence, therefore, that there has been a two-way shooting at the metro station – this is where most of the "drug outlets" are located, for which 2 Brussels mafias are fighting.
From year to year, this fight is becoming more and more violent and is facing average urban life. On Wednesday, erstwhile the first incidental occurred in fresh days, masked perpetrators took out device guns in a crowd rushing to work passersby, heading just after 6am to the subway.
The vast availability of drugs in the EU capital is affected by the proximity of the port of Antwerp located only 50 km from Brussels, which is called the "drug gateway of Europe" for ships smuggling illegal substances. In 2023, customs seized a evidence 116 tons of cocaine there.
A crime reporter from the Flemish paper "De Standaard" Mark Eeckhaut pointed out that shootings related to drug mob deaths besides happen in Antwerp itself, but there are far less of them. – There are alleged large fish behind the smuggling network throughout Europe. Brussels, on the another hand, is simply a local marketplace – reported.
In this sense, shootings in Brussels cannot be straight linked to the proximity of the port of Antwerp. According to Eeckhaut, we are dealing with another types of criminals in the EU capital. As he stressed, there are a large number of people in Brussels who are waiting for an application for global protection, which the reporter calls "new arrivals".
– They gotta come to Brussels to apply. But in the meantime, there's something they request to do. – Eeckhaut noted. The perfect occupation is the drug business.
– Drug bosses frequently send minors to specified dangerous actions, explaining that if they are caught, they will get a lower sentence – he said. "New arrivals" frequently do not know Brussels, they only get instructions to find themselves at a given time and, for example, shoot "the red Fiat driver".
– But due to the complex administrative arrangement of Brussels, frequently their neighborhoods are incorrect and victims are completely innocent He stressed De Coninck, who is in contact with the household of 1 of specified victims. – That's how a 20-something-year-old boy was shot last year, a random passerby with nothing to do with drugs – reminded the reporter.
Both PAP interviewers highlighted the specificity of Brussels, which attracts from all over Europe and the planet alleged expatriates. These are well-educated, language-speaking, frequently wealthy people working in the capital of Belgium, for example in authoritative positions in the EU institutions. – A lot of visitors want to organization on break from work. They want to get their cocaine and their ecstasy – stressed De Coninck. The presence of ‘expats’ thus generates advanced request for drugs in the EU capital.
Moreover, they are not so attached to the city as to address the problem of increasing crime. In addition, the very complicated administrative and political strategy in this country, which is mainly divided between the Flemish and Walon, says PAP speakers, prevents the effective functioning of the state and services.
(PAP)/work. FA
