NACOC boss calls for practical cross-border action against drug trafficking

The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major-General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has called for stronger cross-border cooperation among African countries to combat the growing threat of synthetic drugs, cocaine trafficking, and transnational organized crime. Speaking at the closing of the 33rd Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLEA Africa) in Vienna, he emphasized the need for African nations to move beyond fragmented national responses and prioritize intelligence sharing, coordinated investigations, and joint operations.

Mantey stressed that no single country can effectively combat transnational drug trafficking alone due to the nature of trafficking networks operating across multiple jurisdictions, moving through different countries while exploiting gaps in national enforcement systems. He advocated for a "neighbour-to-neighbour" approach, calling for increased intelligence sharing, joint patrols, and coordinated border management among neighboring countries to disrupt trafficking networks.

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