Belgium risks becoming a narco-state

International drug crime poses a danger to social stability in Belgium, Antwerp court of appeal president Bart Willocx said , after his colleague warned it was evolving into “a narco-state” where mafia groups were forming “a parallel force” in society. “The amount of money involved – to influence people, to corrupt people and to bribe – is so big that it is a danger,” he told the Guardian.