Ghana links Afghan heroin and Brazilian cocaine to global drug markets – Global Organised Crime Index

Ghana serves as a transit point for heroin originating mostly from Afghanistan and cocaine supplied primarily from Brazil, according to findings in the Global Organised Crime Index.

The report identifies Ghanaian and Nigerian trafficking groups as influential in expanding the global heroin trade and illicit drug markets across West Africa.“Brazil remains the primary source country for cocaine imported by sea, often concealed in sugar containers and transported through trans-shipment points such as Spain or Turkey before reaching Ghana’s ports at Tema, and to a lesser extent Takoradi,” the report disclosed.