Guinea-Bissau: UNODC commits to supporting the country’s fight against drug trafficking

BISSAU – The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will harness “all necessary resources” to support the Bissau-Guinean judicial police in combating drug trafficking, announced Ana Cristina Andrade, the UNODC representative in Guinea-Bissau.

UNODC “will mobilise all partners to provide sufficient financial resources to support the efforts of Guinea-Bissau authorities in fighting drug trafficking and organised crime in the country,” said Andrade to the press on Sunday after visiting the premises of the national judicial police.

“The purpose of this visit is to show our willingness to support the judicial police, who have once again demonstrated their professionalism,” she added, referring to the recent arrest at Bissau airport of five individuals who were transporting 2.6 tonnes of cocaine aboard a plane.