Fighting the Cocaine Cartels

Panorama

8th September 2025 29 mins Season 73 Episode 26

Cocaine deaths in the UK have soared over the last ten years. Consumption per person is now said to be the highest in Europe. So how do the cartels get their drugs into the country? Reporter Darragh MacIntyre investigates how some traffickers are using Ireland as a backdoor smuggling route. The vast Irish coastline provides countless places to land drugs and is vulnerable to the cartels. One extraordinary cocaine bust reveals the high-stakes battle with the traffickers at sea.

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Season 73 · Episode 27

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On the eve of President Trump’s unprecedented second state visit to Britain, Panorama looks at the state of the historic special relationship between the US and the UK. Jane Corbin visits Scotland, home to the president’s golf courses and birthplace of his mother, speaks to David Lammy, the foreign secretary, about the risks and rewards of dealing with Donald Trump, and assesses how the prime minister is handling his powerful and unpredictable guest.

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