West Africa Cocaine Transit

West Africa cocaine transit is the route pattern described by Ori Ogunbiyi in Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures. The episode says West Africa has become one of the biggest hubs for cocaine flows to Europe because it sits between South American production and European demand.

The source describes a logistics chain: bulk shipments arrive in West Africa, cocaine is repackaged, loaded onto mother vessels, and transferred at sea to fast boats headed toward Europe. That makes the problem geographic, institutional, and maritime at once.

Key Claims

• Geography makes West Africa attractive to traffickers after direct South America-Europe routes face more enforcement.
• The route depends on maritime transfers, repackaging, port access, and local corruption.
• Large seizures do not automatically mean effective control when profits remain high enough to absorb losses.

Connections

• West Africa, Liberia, Monrovia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Western Sahara, and Brazil - route and country context.
• Ori Ogunbiyi, Paulo Silva, and Gregory Coleman - source speakers or officials.
• Cocaine Route Displacement, Maritime Drug Interdiction Capacity, Narco-State Risk, and Small-State Enforcement Capacity - related mechanisms.