July 2007
2 reports. Seizures 2
A Moroccan resin route through Mali is identified
In early 2007 a route for smuggling cannabis resin from Morocco through Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad and on into either Egypt or Sudan was identified.[@1] A total of 5.7 tons of cannabis resin was seized in five seizures in Niger in the 2006–2007 period.[@1] The case put Mali on a trans-Saharan trafficking map linking Moroccan resin to markets further east.[@1]
Niger seizes 5.7 tons of Moroccan resin in transit
Five seizures in Niger in the 2006–2007 period netted a total of 5.7 tons of cannabis resin moving along the newly identified trans-Saharan route from Morocco through Mauritania, Mali and Niger toward Chad and on into Egypt or Sudan.[@1] The seizures made Niger the most visible interception point on that route.[@1]