Lucia Bird
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21 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 29 Jul
Lucia Bird’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Lydekers is a significant trafficker in the global cocaine business.
He has been convicted of several cocaine trafficking charges in both the Netherlands and Belgium.
We have many indicators from seizures to increasing local consumption and decreasing retail prices that really point to a surge in the volume of cocaine that is being moved through West Africa towards Europe.
And West Africa is not just a transit zone.
It's really a logistics hub where cocaine is imported, it's amalgamated or cut up and then redistributed through the best channels to Europe.
And trafficking cocaine through West Africa has allowed trafficking networks to sidestep some of the increased scrutiny that trade flows from Latin America were experiencing coming into Europe.
The word narco state has been used far too freely and without a clear definition.
What we can evidence is that
the world's cocaine trade is bigger than it's ever been, and that a very significant portion of that is moving through West Africa.
Now, with more cocaine comes more money, and some of that money is being used to purchase protection.
Do you know who Joss Laedekes is?
I have no idea who he is.
You don't know who he is?
No.
So Jos Sladikas is one of the most wanted criminals in Europe.
Really?
Yes.
Well, maybe in another life.
They say that they have a child together.
These are all the lies I am not going to validate.
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