Jason Florio

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A watchman relaxes on a jetty at the Gambian village, Bonto. Bonto became infamous in 2009 when a two-tonne cocaine stash, with a street value of $1bn, was discovered in a riverside warehouse next to the jetty. The street value of the haul far exceeded Gambia's $782 million annual GDP in 2009. The river at this point is 14km wide

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