European ministers are meeting with South American counterparts today (7 May) in Hamburg, Germany, as Europe faces up to spiraling drug-related violence. Major European ports are clubbing together after the European Commission described a surge in cocaine imports as one of the most serious security threats facing the continent. “We must make our deep-sea ports so safe that they can no longer be gateways for tons of cocaine,” German interior minister Nancy Faeser said in a post on X ahead of the meeting, calling for greater international cooperation against cartels. The ministerial meeting incl…