The Invisible Tide: Towards an International Strategy to Deal with Drug Trafficking Through West Africa

By International Peace Institute
Updated: 04/16/2010

hashishBy James Cockayne and Phil Williams.  International Peace Institute, 2009.

Narcotics trafficking in West Africa threatens to destabilize the sub-region by corrupting its courts, barracks and other public offices.  The international community can help West Africa through the UN Peacebuilding Commission and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Meanwhile, ECOWAS should establish a Forum on West African Drug Trafficking to facilitate information-sharing and intra-regional coordination. [PDF]



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