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James, pictured second from the right, is a social worker with the Adamas organization. He poses with three boys at risk of falling into the drug trafficking networks in Amsterdam.
Drug trafficking

Netherlands: The children of a country held hostage by drug trafficking

On the edges of society, adolescents navigate the mafias that recruit them and the efforts of police officers, social workers and the few politicians who try to keep them on the side of the law. However, as drug trafficking extends its presence throughout the Netherlands, violence and intimidation are threatening the country’s institutions. This is a portrait of Dutch society that has little to do with the postcards that depict bicycles and tulips

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