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Bomb attacks and kidnappings – rival drug gangs are increasingly active in Germany. They even engage in extortion and torture, and they don’t mind innocent people dying while settling scores. The German authorities are sounding the alarm. They fear that Germany could become like the neighboring Netherlands, where a prominent investigative journalist was murdered by hired assassins, judges and prosecutors have been intimidated, and cartel bosses have even targeted senior politicians and the royal family. The European country can no longer find lawyers willing to defend key witnesses, so it is resorting to hiring lawyers from abroad. For the mafia, it is a multi-billion dollar business. Anyone who stands in its way will be targeted. This is a global war that is also raging in Europe, and it represents a growing challenge for the German state. This film accompanies the German Minister of the Interior and the Deputy Head of the Federal Criminal Police Office as they fight the gangs in South America. He also meets a Dutch criminal lawyer, a toxicologist and an investigator in the midst of a raging battle. Can the war against cocaine be won, or is it already too late? ـــــ #Documentary #DW #dwdocs #Germany #Cocaine #Cocaine ـــــ DW Dialogue Call: https://p.dw.com/p/OYIo More documentaries are available on our websites in English: http://www.dw.com/ar/tv/docfilm/s-3610 / dwdocumentary / dw.stories