Medellin Moves to Africa
West Africa's location and weak states have made the region an ideal route for smuggling drugs from South America to Europe. While the amount of investment needed to fight the problem is minimal, the cost of failing to act will be very high.
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An unfamiliar country keeps popping up in press reports about drug trafficking: Guinea Bissau. This West African state of 1.5 million people is one of the poorest in the world. Its chief exports? Cashews, shrimp, and cocaine. Cocaine, in a country with no coca bush? That’s right.