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Support to the fight against drug trafficking and other transnational crimes in Guinea Bissau

Traffic
Since about 2005, West African nation of Guinea-Bissau has become a key hub for drug traffickers who move cocaine from South America to Europe. The country's extreme poverty, corrupt bureaucracy and relative proximity to South America — only five days by boat — make it especially vulnerable to the cartels that control the flow of the drug.

The volume of drugs passing through the tiny coastal nation has multiplied many times over since the cartels arrived. The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that a quarter of all cocaine consumed in Western Europe — worth $18 billion on the streets — passes through West Africa, most of it via Guinea-Bissau. In this photo, men affiliated with the cartels prepare capsules containing cocaine that will be swallowed and then smuggled into Europe. 

Although the authorities insist that they want to tackle drug trafficking, they lack the necessary resources. There are almost no ships to patrol the coastline, and with few cars, little gas and no handcuffs or phones, the police are hard-pressed to keep order.