INTERVIEW. Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne from his safehouse: “Will we ever know who gave the order? That is far from certain”

“It is naive of those mobsters to think that they will bring us down with threats. Belgium will never become a narco-state. We will never give up the fight.” Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) is still brave and combative, on day five in the safehouse. But he will not come out unscathed, he already realizes: “As long as I am a minister, I may no longer be able to go to the bakery alone.”

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