Guardian Australia · Global development

How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state

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Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaineRead more: Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’Explainer: What is state capture and why does it matte…

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