Ibrahim abdalla akasha was a kenyan drug lord and patriarch of the akasha crime family. List of books and articles about drug abuse online. His sons baktash and ibrahim are convicted drug dealers who are currently serving jail terms in the united states. The roles of these kenyans vary from streetlevel distribu tion of the drugs, transporting the cocaine from latin america to. This has resultantly become a matter of concern to the. Incidents of drug and alcohol abuse and related antisocial behaviour have increased in recent years.
Drug related crime can disrupt neighborhoods due to violence among drug dealers, threats to residents, and the crimes of the addicts themselves. The drug menace at the kenyan coast drug abuse is one of the biggest problems confronting kenya, especially among the youth. In downtown mombasa, a nondescript office sandwiched between. Millionaire drug dealers mansion has a secret bookcase door duration. Already, politician stanley livondo is named in court documents as an associate of a south african described in court papers as a drug dealer.
Most of us have figured out that the stereotypical drug dealers from heavyhanded psas arent a particularly accurate depiction of anyone, but we still carry around a specific image in our heads. Or maybe theyre just mean, heavily tattooed, and enthusiastically pushing their chemical of. We are currently doing a surgical intelligence analysis from our source from the united states and local intelligence to make a comprehensive report on who make up the list of the top 5 drug barons banned to travel to the us. The impact of drug trafficking on informal security actors in kenya. Drug users are more likely than nonusers to have occupational accidents, endangering themselves and those around them.
Bhang remains a banned substance in kenya, making its possession or personal use criminal, yet it is one of the most readily available and openly abused substance across most universities. People become drug dealers because its still the only profession where someone without a college education can become one of the richest people on the planet in just a few years. Top officials in kenyan legal circles are also hoping that the americans have cracked the drug dealers and that they will provide information on their associates in politics and government. Most residents of lamu are a hindrance to the fight against drugs in the region, attorneygeneral paul kihara kariuki has said. American counternarcotics authorities based at its office in kenya charge a conspicuous lawmaker, hassan ali joho and his sibling abu joho of being the drug cartel masters of east africa. Global war against drugs reaches kenya daily maverick. Sachets of cocaine nabbed at mombasa port are displayed before destruction at dci headquarters nairobi on november 6, 2019andrew. The drugs rings also secretly control kenya s freight system including owning and commanding huge shares in some major freight companies. Drug dealers are their own bosses, they work their own hours, and they make decent coin. The painful reality about drug abuse in kenyan universities. This is how to deal with drug dealers not targeting one person in mombasa akili kichwani. This large cocaine seizure haul involved all the big players both in politics and drug trafficking in kenya.
The first sentencing of a kenyan on drug trafficking charges took place in new york on 16 august. Every person on planet earth and there are no exceptions, at some point in time, has wanted to be a drug dealer. Kenyas secondlargest city becomes worlds new drug trafficking hub. Mombasa drug trade persists despite conviction of akashas the star. Over half of the highway deaths in the united states involve alcohol. The acting interior cs says that in 2016 kenya deported 30 drug peddlers. For example, while 3 per cent of people born between 1940 and 1994 had used cannabis by age 21, 59 per cent of people born between 1975 and1979 had done so. Strategic intelligence news is in pursuit of the high profile drug barons in kenya. Raw by belle aurora, crush by lacey weatherford, moth to a flame by ashley antoinette, the hate u give by angie thomas, and. Analysis instructively, the akashas case in the us has excited a public convinced it is definitive in kenyas fight against hard drugs.
The kenyan city nairobi and the ethiopian city addis ababa have become key points of entry for illegal drugs on the continent that are smuggled through air. East african region has become the fallback for drug dealers following increased control of traditional routes through the netherlands and spain. Doctors the new face of drug dealers by kenya sibley. The lavish lifestyle the drug lords were living in mombasa. The 20 richest drug dealers of all time africanglobe.
Text book centre books, stationery, computers, laptops. According to frederico varese, the author of the book mafias on the. The kenyan city of mombasa, the largest port in east africa, has become the capital of a new drug trafficking route. Ibrahim akasha news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2019 learn how and. Michela wrong, contributed to a greater insight into the murky environment in which. Having inherited the most precious contact book of the trade, assisi has been sending tons of cocaine from south america to europe.
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