Behind the cannabu$iness: the alcohol and tobacco mafia By Karel Vereycken, december 2022 INTRODUCTION The Netherlands and Belgium under the reign of terror. One after the other, repented criminals, witnesses, investigators, journalists, magistrates and lawyers are been assassinated, a Dutch princess and a Prime minister are threatened by the mafia, grenades are exploding regularly in broad daylight in Antwerp to terrorize port-workers trying to quit the milieu, the Belgian Minister of Justice, returning from Columbia to coordinate anti-narcotics operations, had to be safeguarded in a bunker since he and his family had become known targets in late September 2023…