Meth Labs in Africa: A New Front in Mexico's Opioid Empire The recent bust of a multi million dollar crystal methamphetamine laboratory in South Africa has highlighted the alarming trend of Mexican cartels increasingly using Africa as both a production base and trafficking hub for their illicit goods.
This development is not just a local issue, but a symptom of a far more insidious problem – the globalization of opioid production.
The discovery of large scale meth labs on remote farms in South Africa is not new; what's striking is the scale and sophistication involved.