Islamic Militants Boosting Role In Drug Trade -- Washington Times
The sea lanes of the South Atlantic have become a favored route for drug traffickers carrying narcotics from Latin America to West and North Africa, where al Qaeda-related groups are increasingly involved in transporting the drugs to Europe, intelligence officials and counternarcotics specialists say.
A Middle Eastern intelligence official said his agency has picked up "very worrisome reports" of rapidly growing cooperation between Islamic militants operating in North and West Africa and drug lords in Latin America. With U.S. attention focused on the Caribbean and Africans lacking the means to police their shores, the vast sea lanes of the South Atlantic are wide open to illegal navigation, the official said.
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More News On Africa And the International Narcotics Trade
Guinea-Bissau: Cocaine's traffic hub -- L.A. Times
UN warns emerging armies of drug addicts in Guinea-Bissau -- Earth Times
Drugs threaten stability in Guinea-Bissau -- UPI
West Africa may become major narcotics producer-UN -- Reuters
Boeing transporting cocaine from South America to Africa crashes -- The Telegraph
South American drug traffickers used a Boeing cargo jet to smuggle drugs to West Africa earlier this month. -- Radio Netherlands
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