… alarmed at the amount of money being splashed around
Ghana’s election campaign could be tarnished by money from West African drug trafficking, an official has said.
Kwesi Aning, head of research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, said the “very fabric” of Ghanaian society was under threat.
His comments came as the UN warned in a report that West Africa risks becoming an epicentre for drug trafficking from South America to Europe.
Officials from West Africa are meeting in Cape Verde to discuss the problem.
Every year, at least 50 tonnes of cocaine from Andean countries are transported through West Africa towards Europe, where they are worth $2bn (£1.3bn), according to the UN.
The problem is getting worse, the UN says, with seizures of drugs representing the “tip of the iceberg”.
Source: GhanaWeb
