Organizzazioni criminali nigeriane e commercio internazionale di droga

In recent decades, various national investigative agencies have focused their efforts on combating international drug trafficking carried out by Nigerian criminal organizations. Jude Roys Oboh’s book, Cocaine Hoppers. Nigerian International Cocaine Trafficking, examines the factors that have positioned Nigeria as one of the primary hubs for global drug trafficking. When compared to the Italian context, where Nigerian criminal organizations have been present for a long time, notable differences emerge in the structural and operational dynamics described by the author. While he highlights the prevalence of small, loosely organized criminal groups on an international scale, Nigerian criminal groups operating in Italy exhibit a hierarchical structure and specific internal rules, making them more akin to Italian mafia organizations.