Drugs and Africa in a globalizing world
Prima facie, the African continent does not appear to be largely implicated with illegal drugs. Transnational efforts to fight diverse type of trafficking in the world, as well as innovations and networks and processes exchange by traffickers groups led to a large impact on Africa’s role as a transit point. International criminal groups take advantage of the region in relation to illegal trafficking. Globalisation allows for easier moving of people and products. The displacement of criminality in less policed areas but more corrupted is an important notion. Trafficking intensification seems to have the effect of enhancing drug consumption and abuse. In West Africa, poly use and international trafficking became a high concern for the international community. Cocaine and heroin exchange in West Africa became particularly dense and international trafficking organisations have worsened the situation. Moreover, trafficking has recently been extended from West Africa to East Africa. The last section is dedicated to the context and history of three different regions of Africa, in order to further our understanding of the actual problem. We examine the case of West Africa, East Africa and North Africa.