At the 2023 European Shipping Summit, WSC and FONASBA/ECASBA brought together senior representatives from shipping lines, agents, ports, intelligence and law enforcement to take stock of the surge in seaborne drugs trafficking to Europe, its impacts and the joint efforts being taken to fight back against the drugs gangs.

Two years on, significant steps have been taken at industry, national and EU level to strengthen the security of maritime supply chains and to organise a more coordinated response across government, law enforcement and industry. But what comes next?

At the 2025 European Shipping Summit, the WSC / FONASBA seminar will reveal what has been achieved and consider how the criminals have responded. In a panel moderated by WSC’s EU Policy Director, Damian Viccars, we will focus on what steps should be taken next by the alliance of industry, law enforcement and government, to stop the exploitation of maritime supply chains by traffickers.

On the Panel

• Ms Ine Van Wymeersch, Belgian National Drugs Commissioner

• Mr Jo de Cock, Head of Unit, Organised Crime and Drugs, DG HOME, European Commission

• Mr Franck Chaix, Vice President, Group Security & Intelligence CMA-CGM

• Ms Hilde Bruggeman, Director,  National Federation of Associations of Ship Agents and Brokers of Belgium

• Mr Stephan Berger, Harbour Master, Port of Bremen