WEST AFRICAN AIRPORTS IN UN DRUG SEIZURE INITIATIVE
November 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
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INTELLIGENCE advice teams are to be posted at international airports in seven west African countries, to boost the number and effectiveness of illicit drugs seizures at their terminals. This 'Aircop' initiative has been organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and Interpol. The countries involved are Cape Verde, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. Mirroring the source of illicit drugs into their airports, intelligence units in these countries will work with ...
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