The trial had to go wrong: judges crack under the pressure of the drug mafia

After the decision of the Ghent Court of Appeal this morning to dismiss three judges in the mega-trial surrounding alleged drug bosses Flor Bressers and Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, the question is gradually arising whether we in Belgium are still able to organize a trial against organized crime of this caliber. The answer? Hardly or not. Legal journalist Erwin Verhoeven analyzes.

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