Dakar port seizure exposes a Moroccan-resin route via Sierra Leone
In July 2000 the Senegalese authorities seized some 5.3 tons of cannabis resin of Moroccan origin at the port of Dakar.[@1] The resin had been shipped by sea in freight containers and was allegedly destined to be smuggled via Sierra Leone into the Netherlands.[@1] The case showed Senegal working both as a cannabis producer and as a transit point for Moroccan resin bound for Europe.[@1]
🇸🇳 Senegal
In July 2000 the Senegalese authorities seized some 5.3 tons of cannabis resin of Moroccan origin at the port of Dakar.[1] The resin had been shipped by sea in freight containers and was allegedly destined to be smuggled via Sierra Leone into the Netherlands.[1] The case showed Senegal working both as a cannabis producer and as a transit point for Moroccan resin bound for Europe.[1][1]
Sources
- Annual Report 2000 (E/INCB/2000/1). United Nations, 2001. Africa chapter, trafficking section; July 2000 seizure of 5.3 tons of Moroccan-origin resin at Dakar, alleged Sierra Leone–Netherlands routing.