> "With a population of 17 million, the Netherlands is already the most heavily phone-tapped country in the world – with about 26,000 taps granted to the police and other agencies, excluding the security services, every year, according to figures from the Department of Justice."

Not surprising, given that the Netherlands is the major port of entry for drugs into Europe - alone the port of Rotterdam had cocaine seizures worth 5 billion euros in 2021 [1], and Europol estimates 1500 distinct criminal organizations in the cocaine trade.

[1] https://www.nrz.de/region/niederrhein/rotterdamer-hafen-koka...

[2] https://www.nzz.ch/international/die-niederlande-sind-fuer-d...