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'''Guinea-Bissau''' is a small [[nation state]] in [[Africa]]. It was been termed a "[[narco-state]]" due to the importance of it role as a hub for illegal [[cocaine]] [[drug smuggling|smuggling]].
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'''Guinea-Bissau''' is a small [[nation state]] in [[West Africa]]. The UN termed it a "[[narco-state]]" due to the importance of it role as a hub for illegal [[cocaine]] [[drug smuggling|smuggling]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/did-drug-traffickers-just-try-seize-control-west-african-country</ref>
==Cocaine transit hub==
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== Cocaine transit hub ==
 
{{QB|On March 9, Guinea-Bissau recorded its biggest [[cocaine]] bust yet after discovering almost 800 kilograms (1,764 pounds) of the narcotic in a fish truck bound for Mali. Four people were arrested, including an adviser to the speaker of Niger’s national assembly who’s suspected of working for a businessman with links to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, known by its acronym AQIM, according to [[Domingos Correia]], deputy national director of the judicial police.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-13/record-cocaine-busts-mark-west-africa-s-comeback-as-transit-hub</ref>}}
 
{{QB|On March 9, Guinea-Bissau recorded its biggest [[cocaine]] bust yet after discovering almost 800 kilograms (1,764 pounds) of the narcotic in a fish truck bound for Mali. Four people were arrested, including an adviser to the speaker of Niger’s national assembly who’s suspected of working for a businessman with links to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, known by its acronym AQIM, according to [[Domingos Correia]], deputy national director of the judicial police.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-13/record-cocaine-busts-mark-west-africa-s-comeback-as-transit-hub</ref>}}
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In September 2019, this record was broken again by a 1.8 tonne seizure.<ref>https://www.africanews.com/2019/09/04/arrests-in-guinea-bissau-over-18-tonnes-cocaine-bust/</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 7 February 2022

Group.png Guinea-Bissau  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Location Guinea Bissau AU Africa.svg
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg
LocationWest Africa, Africa
LeaderPresident of Guinea-Bissau
TypeUnited Nations Members.svg nation state
Member ofAfrican Union, La Francophonie, Organisation of African Unity, UN
Portuguese ex-colony "narco-state" in West Africa.

Guinea-Bissau is a small nation state in West Africa. The UN termed it a "narco-state" due to the importance of it role as a hub for illegal cocaine smuggling.[1]

Cocaine transit hub

On March 9, Guinea-Bissau recorded its biggest cocaine bust yet after discovering almost 800 kilograms (1,764 pounds) of the narcotic in a fish truck bound for Mali. Four people were arrested, including an adviser to the speaker of Niger’s national assembly who’s suspected of working for a businessman with links to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, known by its acronym AQIM, according to Domingos Correia, deputy national director of the judicial police.[2]

In September 2019, this record was broken again by a 1.8 tonne seizure.[3]

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:The Curious Case of the Freedom Flotillablog post28 April 2024Craig MurrayCraig Murray: "I am therefore entirely perplexed that the organisers went with Guinea Bissau as the flag state rather than a state likely to stand up to Israel and the US. Of course it failed. Is the problem incompetence, or is it again security service influence?"
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