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

A Belgian court jailed dozens of people Tuesday in the country's biggest ever drug trial, with the ringleaders sentenced to up to 17 years behind bars.

More than 120 defendants from Belgium, Albania, Colombia and North Africa were accused of having participated in a multinational cocaine and cannabis trafficking enterprise after investigators cracked encrypted messaging apps. According to the Brussels Times, it's the largest correctional trial in Belgium's history.

The case shone a spotlight on Belgium's role as Europe's gateway for drugs.