And it's apparently because policing especially in Guinea-Bissau, which is the weakest link, is so poor that these Latin American, South American drug cartels are using this region as a major transit hub to especially traffic cocaine as the drug of choice, and that's on to Europe.

NPR: West African Drug Trade, War of Words in Sudan

The relay-style reading, with each person taking the stand for exactly two minutes, also includes video link-ups with participants in Europe and Latin America.

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