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Significance
This relates to its empowerment of criminal organisations and armed groups, state capture by traffickers and onward flows of drugs to Europe. The broader impact of the proliferation of drug trafficking across the region is hard to measure, but includes impacts on security, politics and public health.
Impacts
Global travel may become more onerous for West Africans given likely increases in international scrutiny of passengers from the region.
More powers will be given to security forces, members of which are likely to abuse them with few consequences.
The expanded drug trade may fuel closer security ties between West African and some Latin American countries.
Keywords:
West Africa,
AF,
economy,
international relations,
social,
foreign trade,
narcotics,
security,
industry,
crime
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