Cocaine's Unlikely Passage: The Hidden Ecology of West Africa's Trafficking Routes The recent takedown of an international cocaine trafficking ring in Nigeria has shed light on a complex web of global smuggling routes that crisscross the continent.
At first glance, this story seems to be about more than just a major narcotics bust – it's about the flow of power and profit through seemingly innocuous landscapes.
Nigeria's status as a transit point for internationally bound cocaine shipments is not new.