How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state

Source: MyJoyOnline · 2026-10-21T17:08:43.000Z · World

As abductions go, few have been more brazen. Alan Jalloh was with two friends outside Goodies supermarket, frantic as usual with late afternoon shoppers. Rush hour in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, was under way with familiar gusto.

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