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How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC. The headline in use is “How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine As abductions go, few have been more brazen. Alan Jalloh was with two friends outside Goodies supermarket, frantic as usual with late afternoon shoppers.
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