Og det kan nemt gå endnu værre; for ikke nok med, at rusmidlerne sendes i transit gennem regionen til Europa, nu er vestafrikanske narkogangstere også begyndt at sende amfetamin (speed) videre til Østafrika i store mængder, siger ny rapport fra FNs narkokontor.
VIENNA, 25 February 2013 (UN News Service): Cocaine trafficking, the smuggling of migrants, and the trafficking of fraudulent pharmaceuticals (falsk medicin) are among the numerous damaging illegal activities perpetrated by transnational organized crime syndicates which continue to fuel instability across West Africa, a new United Nations report released Monday has warned.
The report is a threat assessment issued by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and entitled “Transnational Organized Crime in West Africa”.
It warns that the profit from cocaine trafficking alone may still be larger than the national security budgets of several West African countries, causing difficulties for local law enforcement.
In addition, it notes that West African criminal groups have become increasingly independent and enterprising in their ability to bring drugs into the region.
“Transnational organized crime is clearly a serious threat to West Africa,” Pierre Lapaque, the UNODC Regional Representative for West and Central Africa, said.
“State institutions and the rule of law are weak in most of these countries and unless these organized crimes are tackled, instability is likely to persist and increase.”
50 tons kokain og milliarder i posen
According to UNODC estimates, at least 50 tons of cocaine from the Andean countries transit through West Africa every year, heading north to Europe where they are worth almost two billion US dollar (ca. 11 milliarder DKR) in street value.
Most cocaine entering Africa from South America makes landfall around Guinea-Bissau in the north and Ghana in the south and are shipped to Europe via drug mules (kurerer) on commercial flights.
The new report points out, however, that cocaine is not the only illicit drug affecting the region.
In particular, it cites the “worrying” emergence of methamphetamine (amfetamin) production in Nigeria, where two methamphetamine labs were detected in the 2011-2012 biennium.
And a growth in trans-regional trafficking with some 3.000 methamphetamine couriers alleged to have transported an estimated 360 million dollar worth of drugs from West Africa to East Africa in 2010.
The report says that this is an indication that West African criminal groups are becoming increasingly influential in the transnational drug market.
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http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44213&Cr=west+africa&Cr1=#.USuggGV1T4s
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