Cocaine smuggling West Africa is becoming a new transit point for drugs from South America on their way to European markets. (Photo: Dulue Mbachu/ International Relations and Security Network)
Africa plays an important role as a transit point for the flow of cocaine between Europe and Latin America, with important security, financial, and public health implications, particularly in West and North Africa. While foreign criminal organizations from South America and Europe continue to dominate, the movement of cocaine within Africa is dependent upon African traders from Morocco and Niger. Police in Africa have also recently dismantled several clandestine cocaine processing labs. Increasing awareness is required to mount effective challenges to cocaine trafficking across the subregion.
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Security Topics: Counter Narcotics