Senegal has become a significant staging point in the transatlantic cocaine trade, with large quantities of the drug passing through the West African nation on its way to European markets. Dakar's (Senegal's capital and largest port city) narcotics brigade has been stretched by a surge in drug seizures, reflecting the country's growing role in supply routes favoured by South American trafficking networks. The development raises urgent concerns about the strain on Senegalese law enforcement and the broader destabilising effect of organised crime on the region.