OFAC names two African military leaders as Drug Kingpins | World-Check: "US Treasury has sanctioned* the Air Force Chief of Staff.and former Navy Chief of Staff, of Guinea-Bissau, as narcotics kingpins, for their alleged major involvement in the trafficking of South American narcotics through West Africa, en route the European market. Ibraima Papa Camara, the Guinean Air Force Chief of Staff, and Jose Americo Bubo Natchuto, the former Navy chief of Staff, have been named as Specially Designated Drug Trafficking Kingpins [SDNTK]. Naming active-duty military officers as drug kingpins is sending a strong signal to the countries of West Africa. The question is: are they are listening ?
Treasury stated that the two sanctioned individuals:
'are both involved in narcotics trafficking in Guinea-Bissau, including linked to an aircraft suspected of flying a multi-hundred kilogram shipment from Venezuela to Guinea-Bissau July 12, 2008**.'"
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