Airbnb-type short-term rentals are being used as stash houses(藏匿点，藏赃物的房子) by criminal gangs for money, drugs, weapons and people, Belgium’s lead official in charge of(负责，主管) countering drugs has said.
比利时负责打击毒品事务的首席官员表示，爱彼迎式的短租房屋正被犯罪团伙用作藏匿点，用于存放金钱、毒品、武器和人员。
The booming(蓬勃发展的，迅速增长的) e-commerce sector is helping “enormously” to facilitate(促进，使便利) organised crime, Belgium’s national drug commissioner(专员，委员), Ine Van Wymersch, said.
比利时国家毒品专员伊内·范·维梅尔施表示，蓬勃发展的电子商务行业正在“极大地”助长有组织犯罪。
Authorities did not have a precise idea of the scale of the problem but criminals were taking advantage of(利用（机会等）) the flexibility(灵活性，弹性) offered by short-term booking platforms, she told the Guardian.
她告诉《卫报》，当局对问题的严重程度没有确切了解，但犯罪分子正在利用短租平台提供的灵活性。