Liberia

Liberia is the central country case in Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures’s West Africa Cocaine Transit segment. The episode describes a raid on a bungalow between the main airport and Monrovia that found suitcase-sized cocaine packages reportedly worth more than $300 million.

The source uses Liberia to show why major seizures do not automatically prove control. Gregory Coleman says public trust is low because officers and state actors have been identified or charged, while Ori Ogunbiyi argues that low official pay, weak port and maritime technology, and high European demand make cartels hard to stop.

Connections

• Monrovia and West Africa - capital and regional setting.
• Gregory Coleman and Ori Ogunbiyi - official and reporter frames.
• West Africa Cocaine Transit, Maritime Drug Interdiction Capacity, Narco-State Risk, and Small-State Enforcement Capacity - trafficking and enforcement concepts tied to the country.