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Dozens sentenced to prison in Belgium's biggest ever drug smuggling trial: "Your honor, I played, I lost."

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More than 120 defendants from Belgium , Albania , Colombia and North Africa were accused of participating in a multinational cocaine and cannabis trafficking enterprise.

The trafficking ring -- active from 2017 to late 2022 -- involved numerous criminal gangs and was dismantled following raids by police in Belgium , Germany and Italy .

Some suspects were acquitted, while dozens of others received prison terms ranging from a few months to more than 10 years .

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English

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