Europol announced a dedicated operational taskforce to coordinate customs, police and financial investigations into cannabis trafficking from North America and Thailand. The agency reported increasing interceptions through cargo, containers and couriers since mid-2023 and attributed opportunities for diversion to surplus production and differences between national regulations. The announcement presents an enforcement assessment rather than a measured effect of legalisation on consumption or violence.[1]
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- Europol — Cannabis smuggling from North America and Thailand into Europe (1 October 2026)Full official announcement retrieved through indexed text; ordinary page returns a JavaScript shellarchived
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