Editing Camorra (section)

===Ivory Coast===

The [[Augusto La Torre|La Torre clan]] was known to launder money in the country with the help of the former chancellor of [[Salerno]], Cesare Salomone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salernotoday.it/cronaca/camorra-ex-cancelliere-cesare-salomone-riciclaggio-internazionale.html|title=Camorra, riciclaggio in Costa d'Avorio: "la talpa" era un ex cancelliere salernitano|website=www.salernotoday.it|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128162550/http://www.salernotoday.it/cronaca/camorra-ex-cancelliere-cesare-salomone-riciclaggio-internazionale.html|archive-date=28 November 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2019 the operation ''Spaghetti Connection'' dismantled an international drug network involving the Camorra and the 'Ndrangheta in [[Abidjan]] and [[Tabou, Ivory Coast|Tabou]]. The police seized 1.19 tons of cocaine, with the value of €250 million in the European market. This operation was the third of its kind in [[Ivory Coast]] in less than three years, but the largest by its magnitude. Six Italians, one French and three Ivorians were arrested.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20190607-cote-ivoire-reseau-international-trafiquants-cocaine-demantele|title=Côte d'Ivoire: un réseau international de trafiquants de cocaïne démantelé|newspaper=[[Radio France Internationale]]|language=fr|date=8 June 2019|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614084956/http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20190607-cote-ivoire-reseau-international-trafiquants-cocaine-demantele|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to Silvain Coué, a French liaison officer, who participated of the operation:
{{Blockquote|For 20 years, West Africa has become, if not a hub, a very important rebound zone for traffickers.This operation proves that if they thought that Ivory Coast and West Africa could be a sanctuary, they were wrong.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/cote-d-ivoire-un-reseau-de-trafic-international-de-drogue-demantele-20190607|title=Côte d'Ivoire: un réseau de trafic international de drogue démantelé|newspaper=[[Le Figaro]]|language=fr|date=June 7, 2019|access-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610114501/http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/cote-d-ivoire-un-reseau-de-trafic-international-de-drogue-demantele-20190607|archive-date=June 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

The drug trafficking in the country is said to contribute to the financing of the various jihadist groups in the [[Sahel]], [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/cote-d-ivoire/un-trafic-de-cocaine-impliquant-les-mafias-italiennes-demantele-en-cote-d-ivoire_3484799.html|title=Un trafic de cocaïne impliquant les mafias italiennes démantelé en Côte d'Ivoire|newspaper=[[France Info (radio network)|Franceinfo]]|language=fr|date=12 June 2019|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614223549/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/cote-d-ivoire/un-trafic-de-cocaine-impliquant-les-mafias-italiennes-demantele-en-cote-d-ivoire_3484799.html|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>