Daniel Wallace
5:30 pm
9-3-09
THEY HAVE CRIME IN AFRICA???
You think the United States of America got it bad? I’m talking bout smuggling all types of drugs, weapons, explosives, and other types of contraband. Who can you count on to protect the adults and children in Sub-Saharan Africa? I hope your not talking about the police because most of them are corrupt and the other special forces are the same way. Put these two problems together and you have an inviting operational environment for international criminals, drug traffickers, and terrorist. A lot of the major Sub-Saharan cities with the best commercial, financial, sea/air transportation links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia are strong holds for these criminal activities.
At center of the African crime ring is Nigeria. A lot of powerful criminal organizations that are based in Nigeria have extensive networks that reach all around the western hemisphere, Europe, southern part of Asia, Australia and Africa. These organizations have a history of moving major weight on a global scale. One way they are trying to cut down on the crime was the military forces. But by doing this they destroyed the Nigerian economy and bankrupting the Nigerian government. So since there isn’t any money to go around it has left citizens, government, law enforcement officials, and military officials to resort to criminal activity just to make ends meet. Now many of Nigeria’s political and military leaders accept and demand bribes in return for facilitating profitable business activity, whether it be oil, competitive procurement contracts, or the drug trade. Nigeria's President Obasanjo, elected in the aftermath of a highly corrupt military regime, has pledged institutional reforms to cut down on pervasive corruption and to crack down on criminal activity, particularly drug trafficking. The country's history of widespread corruption, however, and the influence of powerful crime barons make effective follow-through on these promises highly problematic.
http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/pub45270chap3.html#r20
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