A major change in the organisation and planning of global cocaine smuggling is under way. Once, the masterminds lived in South America and sent their narcotics to the United States and Europe, usually via the Caribbean.

More recently, at least a quarter of the cocaine bound for Europe – and perhaps as much as two thirds – has passed through West African countries, notably Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Ghana.

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