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'''Guinea-Bissau''' is a [[nation state]] in [[Africa]]. It was been termed a "[[narco-state]]" due to the importance of it role as a hud for illegal [[cocaine]] [[drug smuggling|smuggling]].
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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]].
 
==Cocaine transit hub==
 
==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>}}

Revision as of 13:59, 18 May 2019

Group.png Guinea-Bissau  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Location Guinea Bissau AU Africa.svg
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg
LocationAfrica
LeaderPresident of Guinea-Bissau
TypeUnited Nations Members.svg nation state
Member ofAfrican Union, La Francophonie, Organisation of African Unity, UN

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 smuggling.

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.[1]

 

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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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