Liberia cocaine case exposes major node in Africa’s drug networks

Liberia President Joseph Boakai has fired senior airport, police and intelligence officials as the country’s biggest-ever cocaine investigation widens from foreign traffickers to alleged state complicity, adding to concerns the continent’s Atlantic coast is becoming an increasingly important corridor for cocaine bound for Europe.

Liberia cocaine case exposes major node in Africa’s drug networks
Liberia President Joseph Boakai has fired senior airport, police and intelligence officials as the country’s biggest-ever cocaine investigation widens from foreign traffickers to alleged state complicity, adding to concerns the continent’s Atlantic coast is becoming an increasingly important corridor for cocaine bound for Europe.