Wanted: US targets Belgian trio over Antwerp Port cocaine smuggling ring

The US has imposed sanctions on three Belgians accused of running a cocaine smuggling racket using shipping containers through the Port of Antwerp.

The men, led by “high-level drug trafficker” Othman El Ballouti, 35, are wanted by the Belgian authorities and are believed to be holed up in Dubai, according to the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac).