It is telling that the magistrates went to a UK newspaper and that it was then covered in the Belgian press: https://www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/van-de-ene-dag-op-de-andere-moet-je-je-huis-verlaten-hoe-de-drugsoorlog-rechters-in-belgie-raakt~b08f2d2b/

Could it be that they decided to escalate beyond Belgium because they didn’t reach the necessary impact in Belgium itself?

Handbook on cognitive biases “that are particularly common and relevant to intelligence work” (67 pages) published by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) https://www.vbs.admin.ch/dam/en/sd-web/K489QrrPSDvt/vbs-ddps-ndb-handbuch-kognitive- verzerrung-en.pdf