In late 2019, one of Guinea Bissau’s most notorious alleged drug tycoons fled to The Gambia following leaked information of his imminent arrest.  Barely two years later, another alleged heavyweight drug trafficker, who was being pursued by Bissau authorities, sought sanctuary in Banjul. Another one, known in Bissau as Escobar, has allegedly laundered drug money in The Gambia the total sum of which is more than the annual budget of Gambia’s anti-narcotic agency.