Guinea-Bissau: World's First Narco-State

Armed and Dangerous

With the drugs and money have come an extraordinarily rapid rise in violent crime.
Marco Vernaschi / Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Armed and Dangerous
With the drugs and money have come an extraordinarily rapid rise in violent crime. Since about 2007, abductions, murders and threats have become commonplace in a country where internationally organized crime was unknown before. In this photo, an account is settled between dealers.

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