How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria

The Nigerian judge was formally dressed, the lawyers maintained legal decorum and protocol was followed – but this hearing was not in the comfortable confines of a Lagos courtroom; it was inside an alleged illicit drug laboratory in the thick of a dense forest.

Meth seizures and raids on labs in Nigeria have been on the rise since around 2011, according to a 2019 report from the Institute for Security Studies, as Latin American specialists exported their expertise to the country

Nigeria dismantles meth lab, but fears of Mexican cartel links linger

West Africa is becoming increasingly attractive to those who want to make and export illicit drugs.