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Article: Roundup: Uganda -- Major Route for Drug Smuggling
- Article from:
- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 1, 1997
CopyrightCopyright 1997 Xinhua English Newswire. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Uganda has in recent years become a major international route for
smuggling of narcotics including heroin, cocaine, Mandrax and
cannabis from Latin America and Asia to Europe and the United
States.
As it is difficult for drug traffickers to smuggle narcotics
directly from Latin America or Asia to Europe and U.S.A., Uganda
became an important transit point for the traffickers.
Due to backwardness and lack of drug detection equipment, east
African countries, especially Uganda, have been a very appropriate
conduit for smugglers to ferry drugs outside.
The trend of drug smuggling through Uganda is very worrying. In
1996, 12 foreign and 298 Ugandan smugglers were arrested and
prosecuted in ...