{"id":86151,"date":"2026-03-09T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86151"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:30:44","slug":"belgium-is-becoming-a-narco-state-with-drug-crime-so-out-of-hand-it-is-now-a-risk-to-social-stability-top-judge-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/09\/belgium-is-becoming-a-narco-state-with-drug-crime-so-out-of-hand-it-is-now-a-risk-to-social-stability-top-judge-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium is becoming a narco state, with drug crime so out of hand it is now a risk to social stability, top judge warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/09\/14\/103417225-15628245-Members_of_the_National_Anti_drugs_Secretary_stand_next_to_bags_-a-1_1773067128365.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the National Anti-drugs Secretary, stand next to bags with cocaine hidden in sugar, seized during 'Dulzura' operation in Puerto Caacupemi, Asuncion on July 15, 2024. The cocaine shipment was bound for Antwerp, Belgium, according to local authorities\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A senior judge in Belgium has warned that the country is turning into a &#8216;narco state&#8217;, as he says drug\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-583304e0-1bc2-11f1-a384-dd7108efb0e5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/crime\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">crime<\/a><\/span> has spiralled out of control. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15628245\/Belgium-narco-state-drug-crime-hand-risk-social-stability-judge-warns.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A senior judge in Belgium has warned that the country is turning into a &#8216;narco state&#8217;, as he says drug\u00a0crime has spiralled&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Belgium-narco-state.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86153,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86151\/revisions\/86153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}