A senior United Nations official has urged African law enforcement agencies to work closely together to combat the flow of heroin and other hard drugs into their borders and territories, according to Reuters.
According to the Amado de Andres, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), of the 658 tons of opium, 91 tons of heroin and 65 tons of morphine confiscated around the world in 2016, the African government only seized just 1 percent of the total.
De Andres speaking on Tuesday at the launch of the World Drug Report 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya, he noted that there are just not enough seizures happening in Eastern, Southern, West and Central Africa.
He warned that without tougher action, trafficking rings in the south and east of the continent could start collaborating.
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