VIENNA - Cocaine smuggling to Europe is dramatically increasing through West Africa, posing a substantial threat to the stability of a region already troubled by war and poverty, an international watchdog warned Thursday. The independent International Narcotics Control Board called on the U.N. and other donors to provide money and expertise to help fight smuggling, particularly in West African countries like Guinea-Bissau. "(If European nations want) to stop the cocaine coming to them, it is in their interest to help the West African countries," said Jonathan Lucas, the head of U.N....
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