Regardless of who perpetrated the attempted coup, President Embalo appears to remain committed to fighting the drug trade, and Guinea-Bissau’s judicial police force continues to lead the fight against corruption as the country’s most effective enforcement agency.
The country's location and lax law enforcement make it attractive to cartels, who have looked to avoid scrutiny typically reserved for cargoes originating in South America.
BISSAU (Reuters) - In October, President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told French radio that drug trafficking and corruption were over in Guinea-Bissau, a country that has struggled to shake off its reputation as a "narco state" of West Africa.