Sierra Leone: A Narco State and Distribution Hub
Mr. Alimamy Bangura, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Guinea, declared ‘Persona non grata’ by the Guinean government
“Dr. Kandeh Yumkella’s message to the people of Kambia regarding the cocaine ambassador to Guinea, Alimamy Bangura, who is under investigation both nationally and internationally.”
Alimamy Bangura, despite being under serious cocaine trafficking involvement of diplomatic missions investigation, continues to interfere in local government and SLPP party activities.
“State House Press Release: 24 February 2025”
BREAKING NEWS: Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 5:14 PM EST.
The Guinean government intends to charge Mr. Alimamy Bangura, the Sierra Leone ambassador to Guinea, with operating drug trafficking activities and the disturbing potential involvement of diplomatic missions. His diplomatic immunity is being questioned.
Mr. Alimamy Bangura, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Guinea, has been declared ‘Persona non grata’ by the Guinean government for allegedly taking part in drug dealing. This comes despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denying the allegations and claiming that the diplomat was urgently summoned stateside to provide his account of the 7 suitcases of cocaine and thousands of US Dollars found in the official diplomatic vehicle belonging to the Sierra Leone Embassy in Guinea.
Watch the video: KUSH: Sierra Leone's new illegal drug. Contains upsetting scenes, drug use, and references to self-harm and suicide.West Africa is a major transit point for cocaine trafficked from Latin America to Europe.
It is not clear how much suspected cocaine was contained in the suitcases (file photo)
On January 13, 2025, Guinea's government alerted Sierra Leone's counterpart regarding the impounding of a diplomatic vehicle by Guinean authorities. The embassy utility vehicle, marked with diplomatic plates, was stopped in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, after driving from the Kambia border crossing raising suspicions with security officials. In the course of the search, authorities uncovered thousands of United States dollars and seven suitcases packed with cocaine, revealing a serious breach of diplomatic integrity.
Guinean authorities found a Laissez Passér travel permit signed and stamped by the Sierra Leone Embassy in Conakry authorizing the vehicle to cross the border of neighboring Guinea.
The Government of Sierra Leone confirms arrest of official vehicle with suspected Cocaine in Guinea.
The details provided by the Minister at a press briefing on Thursday indicated that the vehicle was intercepted on December 31st, with two occupants—the driver and a passenger.
Despite the ambassador's denial of involvement, his failure to stop the misuse of an embassy vehicle for drug trafficking casts serious doubts on his competence and ability to maintain proper oversight.
It also exposes a broader culture of impunity where those with wealth and connections remain untouchable, while the country’s institutions are weakened by corruption.
A significant threat to governance and security in the region: Credible sources linked to the diplomatic vehicle cocaine saga investigations in Conakry, Guinea, reveal troubling connections between high-ranking government officials and political associates in Freetown and international drug trafficking.
The traffickers and their accomplices must face the full force of the law.
An investigation is currently underway between the governments of Sierra Leone and Guinea to address the serious issue of drug trafficking operations and the troubling potential involvement of diplomatic missions. This effort underscores the commitment to tackle these criminal activities and ensure accountability.
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“The Stench of Corruption”
If you follow corrupt leader's you become like them.
Corruption is a vile disease that sucks and drains the health out of something good. Corruption in society is an evil moral infection that keeps communities in a state of perpetual sickness. Corruption is a moral virus. It's so potent it leaves its hosts sick, lethargic, and unable to realize and accomplish all that a good person can. Where corruption thrives, poverty, not prosperity, prevails. Wealth is grabbed into the greedy, grubby hands of those who get fat on the toil and labor of good people.
Corruption benefits only temporarily those who participate in it. Everyone else is a victim of the theft, deceit, dishonesty, and lies that corruption feeds on. You need to know that a corrupt person is stealing from you. Corruption is filthy work and despicable acts of treachery done under the table and behind closed doors. It keeps a nation back from true development and progress. Wise investors steer clear of a corrupt environment; they would rather put their resources into a place where the playing field of opportunity is equal for all, not bent towards feeding the financial lust of corrupt members of society.
How many wonderful development projects have been lost because investors didn't want to do business in a swamp of evil? When those great projects go to another nation or place, we all lose. Believe me when I tell you that corruption steals from you. It steals from all of us. Corruption plunders the nation's wealth. People compromise on truth, equity, and fairness, choosing instead to feed off the short-term benefits of crookedness, exploitation, and financial perversion.
Corruption is not just a personal matter; it's a culture, a way of life not just for individuals but for companies, communities, governments, and nations. Corrupt nations hiding behind large companies will seek to invest in other weak nations to take over their assets. They will provide financial loans for much-needed infrastructure with assets they provide, signing contracts by lining the pockets of rotten government officials who participate in this kind of corruption.
Corruption is nothing less than theft and national robbery. A corrupt person steals from everyone in society. We all lose when corruption is rampant. Those who participate in corruption have chosen evil over good, lies over truth, and personal gain over the well-being of all. To be corrupt means to be rotten; when meat is corrupt, it’s rotten and it stinks, rotten meat can't be eaten.
When a person is corrupt, they're rotten and unfit for community membership. A corrupt person should be jailed to protect society from their vile deeds. The government should be protecting us from the foul results of corruption instead of being proponents and participants in it. When corruption becomes systemic, a culture and way of life, it destroys the health of both community and nation.
Now let me tell you something: defeating corruption is very difficult. The love of money is the root of all evil; those who love money will do almost anything to get it. Those who choose to stand up against corruption need to know they will be involved in a war, they will be threatened, vilified, intimidated, marginalized, and ridiculed. These individuals often feel alone as if they are the problem instead of the solution.
Corruption can only be defeated when enough people have had enough and decide to take action against it.
~If the shoe fits, then wear it!
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