第3060期:Cocaine use in Europe

A new report by the European Union Drugs Agency reveals that cocaine use is rising fast across Europe.欧洲联盟毒品管理局（European Union Drugs Agency）最新发布的一份报告显示，可卡因的使用量正在欧洲各地迅速上升。Based on drug residues found in city wastewater. Spanish and Belgian cities recorded the largest samples; the Spanish town of Lleida topped the continent’s chart.根据对城市污水中毒品残留物的检测结果，西班牙和比利时的城市检测到了最多的可卡因残留。其中，西班牙城市莱里达（Lleida）的检测结果位居全欧洲首位。Spain has become the main hotspot for the drug, as Barcelona and Lleida saw the steepest increases in consumption. Other growing areas were discovered in Denmark and Slovenia. While wastewater shows where the most drugs are used, a population survey showed that Norway and the Netherlands actually have the highest consumption rates among adults.西班牙已成为可卡因使用最严重的热点地区，其中巴塞罗那（Barcelona）和莱里达（Lleida）的消费量增幅最大。此外，丹麦和斯洛文尼亚也发现了使用量持续增长的趋势。虽然污水检测能够反映哪些地区的毒品使用最为普遍，但一项针对居民的调查显示，挪威和荷兰成年人的可卡因使用率实际上是欧洲最高的。To fight this problem, police are tracking new trafficking routes. Drug gangs are increasingly using smaller ports, drones, and boats to land on remote beaches in Spain and Portugal to avoid detection. A massive police operation recently hit a major route across the ocean, known as the Atlantic Cocaine Highway. 54 people were arrested and 11 tonnes of cocaine seized.为了打击这一问题，警方正在追踪新的毒品走私路线。毒品犯罪集团越来越多地利用小型港口、无人机以及船只，将毒品运送至西班牙和葡萄牙偏远海滩登陆，以躲避执法部门的侦查。最近，一次大规模警方行动成功打击了一条横跨大西洋的重要走私路线——被称为“大西洋可卡因高速公路（Atlantic Cocaine Highway）”。行动中共有54人被捕，并查获了11吨可卡因。