Cocaine trafficking in Côte d’Ivoire of interest to US DEA

By Jeune Afrique

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Posted on May 17, 2023 08:56

© Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in White Plains, New York, on April 24, 2021. KENA BETANCUR/AFP — Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in White Plains, New York, on April 24, 2021. KENA BETANCUR/AFP

The ongoing cocaine case in Côte d’Ivoire has resulted in arrests and incarcerations. Now, the US wants to play ball.

The Ivorian investigation that led to the dismantling in April 2022 of a cocaine trafficking operation between South America and Europe, via Côte d’Ivoire, has been closed by the economic and financial criminal division of the Abidjan-Plateau court of first instance.

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