Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos confirmed in Lisbon, on 4 June, that the EU’s anti-drugs policy is an integral part of its new security agenda.
“Tackling organised crime is one of the three main priorities of the agenda. The trafficking of drugs is often interconnected with other organised criminal networks, such as migrant smugglers and human traffickers. It is also linked to the financing of terrorism,” he said, speaking at the launch of the European Monitoring Centre for…