The drugs trade in West Africa is going the way of Mexico, with local players increasingly taking control of an ever more sophisticated system to smuggle cocaine into the rich market to the north, the UN said

The judiciary police squad brought, on Friday, before the King's attorney general to the Rabat Appeal Court thirty-four individuals, including four foreign nationals, members of the international network for cocaine and chira trafficking which was smashed recently by the police.

Sahara states trying to contain al Qaeda plan to recruit money-laundering experts to track down the millions of dollars the militants earn through kidnapping and smuggling, security sources have told Reuters

Observers say Qaeda members involved in protecting traffickers despite Islam ban on drugs