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Article: Drugs syndicates target Africa: crime syndicates are targeting the region as a major transit route, using its airports, harbours and postal systems for shipping all manner of dangerous drugs. Tom Nevin reports.(Spotlight)
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- African Business
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- December 1, 2006
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For the past two decades or more, Africa has been regarded by the international law enforcement community as "a revolving door and a major centre for consumption" for the global drug trade.
The narcotics business has become one of the most serious threats to the stability and economic development of the African continent: a scourge that has ramifications well beyond the misery it inflicts on millions of malnourished Africans. And it's not getting any better.
According to Simon Bayham, head of research, Africa Institute of South Africa, dramatic domestic and international changes in both the developed and the developing worlds are progressively altering ...