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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A beach front mansion. A high-speed boat. And a ton of cocaine. It sounds like "Miami Vice," but in Kenya it's real.
Until recently a backwater producer of marijuana and hashish, Kenya has become a cocaine distribution hub, according to the U.S., the U.N. and British diplomats. Traffickers from South America are taking advantage of Nairobi's extensive air links to Europe and Asia, and spending piles of cash to minimize government interference, they say.
"International drug trafficking rings have made inroads in Kenya and may benefit from a climate of official corruption, which allows them to operate with near impunity," says the State Department's 2006 drug control strategy report.
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