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

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 cocaine

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2026/oct/14/europes-most-wanted-cocaine-trafficker-sierra-leone-crime-drugs-narco-state

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​​Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/13/latin-america-organised-crime-cartels-drugs-cocaine-europe #GlobalDevelopment #Drugs #DrugsTrade #Society #WorldNews #OrganisedCrime #Europe #France #Spain #Colombia #Mexico #Gangs #Brazil #Americas #Ecuador #Interpol

​​Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’
By Andrei Netto in Paris

Cocaine seizures in Europe are up more than fivefold in 10 years as a host of cartels take root. A four-month Guardian investigation reveals the true scale of a continent-wide shift

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/13/latin-america-organised-crime-cartels-drugs-cocaine-europe

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