World must act to halt drugs threat to West Africa – UN / Reuters Africa, 10 July 2008
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN046389.html
Pascal Fletcher
“The world must act quickly to stop powerful drug-trafficking cartels taking over ancient trading routes in West Africa and the Sahel as they seek easier gateways to Europe, the U.N.'s anti-crime chief said. He urged preventive action by the world community, working with local governments. "The international community has a chance to intervene in a sort of pre-emptive strike," he said. As Colombian cocaine cartels increasingly found their direct access routes to U.S. and European markets being blocked by anti-narcotics agencies, they started transiting the drug through West Africa a few years ago.”