As an important gateway to Europe, the Port of Rotterdam is known for its high-quality facilities and efficiency, but also attracts organised crime groups who use the transatlantic legal trade flows to traffic cocaine. Based on a qualitative study, consisting of 73 interviews with public and private actors, an analysis of 10 criminal investigations and field visits to public and private organisations in the port, this article examines how organised crime groups involved in cocaine trafficking take advantage of or adapt to the socio-spatial relations in the Port of Rotterdam. First, we pay attention to which physical spaces in the port of Rotterdam provide opportunities for cocaine trafficking. Second, we examine how the occupational and legal environment in which people, private companies and law enforcement agencies in the port work and interact provide opportunities for cocaine trafficking. Our findings demonstrate that increased security measures by both public and private actors directed at physical spaces result in a displacement to new spaces in and around the port of Rotterdam. Furthermore, the current socio-spatial relations in the port of Rotterdam also make the role of people on the inside – referring to a whole range of public and private employees – increasingly indispensable.

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一脚踏进门。鹿特丹港的可卡因贩运空间。

作为通往欧洲的重要门户，鹿特丹港以其优质的设施和效率而闻名，但也吸引了利用跨大西洋合法贸易流来贩运可卡因的有组织犯罪集团。基于定性研究，包括对公共和私人行为者的 73 次采访、对 10 次刑事调查的分析以及对港口公共和私人组织的实地访问，本文研究了参与可卡因贩运的有组织犯罪集团如何利用或适应鹿特丹港的社会空间关系。首先，我们关注鹿特丹港的哪些物理空间为可卡因贩运提供了机会。其次，我们考察人们所处的职业和法律环境如何，在港口工作和互动的私营公司和执法机构为可卡因贩运提供了机会。我们的研究结果表明，公共和私人行为者针对物理空间采取的更多安全措施导致鹿特丹港内和周围的新空间被转移。此外，鹿特丹港当前的社会空间关系也使得内部人员的作用——指的是一系列公共和私人雇员——越来越不可或缺。