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Tunisia has recorded a sharp rise in cocaine seizures: more than 101 kg in the first nine months of 2026, compared with 94 kg in 2025 and 33 kg in 2024. Seizures rose from around 150 grams in 2013 to more than 140 kg in 2023. Tunisia and North Africa are used as smuggling routes to Europe, with shipments crossing the 460-km Libyan border and others arriving at Tunisian ports from European ports. Drugs are also transported to Libya by sea from South America and overland across the Sahel. A UN report points to Libya’s shift from a transit country to an emerging trafficking hub. Abundant supply and the higher price of cocaine in Tunisia than in Europe also attract trafficking networks, prompting authorities to call for stronger cooperation, joint investigations, and information-sharing.
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