How our police are fighting against human smugglers who have discovered the Flemish coast: “We are doing well, but so are they. They are doing counterintelligence”

“No one wants images like those of the drowned boy Aylan on our beaches.” Deputy Chief of Police Christiaan De Ridder (58) of the West Coast police zone is fighting a fierce battle against human smugglers. The latter have discovered our Flemish coast as the weak spot in border control. In this exclusive interview, the officer reveals how shrewd the gangs operate: from Chinese ‘taxi boats’ to the use of spy drones to monitor the police.

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