West Africa is becoming a new transit point for drugs from South America on their way to European markets, Dulue Mbachu reports from Benin for ISN Security Watch. By Dulue Mbachu in Cotonou, Benin for ISN Security Watch (27/02/08) Centuries after ships sailed with slaves from the Gulf of Guinea to South America as part of a triangular trade with Europe, increasingly large numbers of ships are heading in the opposite direction in a reverse triangular trade with another cargo: cocaine destined for Europe. The latest evidence is the interception of a Liberian-registered ship, Blue Atlantic, by...
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