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Transatlantic drug trafficking

Subtitle: 
via Africa
Publication Name: 
EUISS ISSUE Alerts
Volume, number, page: 
3, pp.1-2
Year of Publication: 
2016
Author(s): 
LUENGO-CABRERA José
MOSER Anouk
Editor(s): 
EUISS
Organization Name: 
European Union Institute for Security Studies
Acronym: 
EUISS
Publisher: 
EUISS
City: 
Paris
Country of Publication: 
France
Full Date: 
January 2016
ISBN or ISSN: 
978-92-9198-377-3
Considered Countries: 
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
Nigeria
Guinea-Bissau
Ghana
Category: 
Official Documents
Keyword(s): 
Social affairs
Drug traffic
Cocaine
Drug Policy
Latin America
Foreign Policy
European Security
Organized Crime
Police cooperation
Fight against crime
Africa
Abstract: 
The growing consumer market for illicit substances in Europe also poses challenges for West Africa. This Alert shows how its optimal geographical location is turning it into a hotbed for smuggling networks operating out of Latin America.
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