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Narco-Transnational Network, Failed States and Globalization

October 21st, 2009 by SocProf and tagged , , , , ,

Global Post has a very interesting (albeit depressing) report on the emergence of West Africa, and especially Guinea-Bissau as transnational hub for narco-trafficking from South America to Europe. It is a perfect illustration of the globally networked nature of such trafficking.

The series of photographs is indeed impressive:

There is a video as well but I can’t find an embed code, so, just head on over there and watch the whole thing.

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