A cocaine baron and the rise of drug violence in Europe

Organized crime was once considered a remote threat in much of Western Europe, but ruthless violence by criminal gangs is now disrupting the peace in some of the world’s safest societies. WSJ’s Sune Rasmussen investigates the rise of a drug lord and how his brutal tactics have spread across the continent.

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