Estimated at up to $650 billion (Global Financial Integrity, 2022), representing 8% of world trade, the insanely lucrative global drug trade can only get bigger and more developing countries, like Sierra Leone, sucked in with dire consequences.

Source: https://globaltimes-sl.com/2023/07/19/%f0%9d%90%82%f0%9d%90%8e%f0%9d%90%8d%f0%9d%90%85%f0%9d%90%91%f0%9d%90%8e%f0%9d%90%8d%f0%9d%90%93%f0%9d%90%88%f0%9d%90%8d%f0%9d%90%86-%f0%9d%90%92%f0%9d%90%88%f0%9d%90%84%f0%9d%90%91%f0%9d%90%91/