Monday, August 01, 2005

Drugs, gems and militants draw FBI to West Africa / Reuters.co.za, 29 Jul 2005

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Nick Tattersall
"The FBI plans to open two offices in West Africa early next year, a region where South American drug cartels, international diamond smugglers and Islamic extremists are all thought to be operating.
The U.S. law enforcement agency, one of whose main priorities is protecting the United States from terrorist attacks, will set up offices in Senegal's capital Dakar and one in Freetown, Sierra Leone, an FBI spokesman in Washington said."