PRESIDENT JAMMEH, THE DRUG CARTELS AND GAMBIAN PEOPLE

President Jammeh

Gambia is the most suitable stopover for drug trafficking from South America to the lucrative drug markets in Europe. This is as a result of the flourishing drug trade, corruption and arms trade which goes right to the top.
The impoverished, chronically unstable country is an island and has a ‘Jammeh’ monitored coastline, literally making the country a perfect hotspot for drug smugglers. Interestingly, President Jammeh who took power of the country through a military coup in 1994 was elected in 1996, and reelected in 2001, 2006, and 2011 but lost the 2016 polls, and other high-ranking Gambian officials to include those in the Police and in the Army have been linked to different drug cartels and arms trade.