Son of Guinea-Bissau's ex-president jailed in US for trafficking drugs to fund coup

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Son of former Guinea-Bissau president jailed in US for drug trafficking

The son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced to more than six and a half years in prison for involvement in a transnational heroin trafficking conspiracy, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday. Malam Bacai Sanha Jr, 52, planned to use the proceeds to finance a coup in the West African country that would […] The post Son of former Guinea-Bissau president jailed in US for drug trafficking appeared first on The Guardian Nigeri…

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Son of former Guinea-Bissau president suspected of setting up a drug trafficking network to come to power

Malam Bacai Sanha Jr. intended to become President of the country with the money resulting from the drug trafficking business.

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In the United States, a son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau convicted of drug trafficking

According to the FBI, Malam Bacai Sanha Junior was in charge of a heroin smuggling operation "for a precise reason: to finance a coup d'état" in order to take power.

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Guinea-Bissau former president's son jailed in US

The son of a former president of Guinea-Bissau was sentenced to more than six and a half years in prison for involvement in a transnational heroin trafficking conspiracy, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday. Malam Bacai Sanha Jr, 52, planned to use the proceeds to finance a coup in the West African country that would

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