Gossip Liberia

Liberia’s record seizure of cocaine valued at more than US$370 million has triggered growing concerns that the country may be caught in the web of an international drug trafficking network. The scale and sophistication of the operation have fueled calls for investigators to look beyond the confiscated narcotics and uncover the financiers, logisticians, and local collaborators behind the shipment. The article also examines reported links to one of Europe’s most wanted fugitives, Dutch drug trafficker Jos Leijdekkers, while stressing that any connection remains a matter for law enforcement to determine.

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