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Cocaine, Alleged Complicity and Coercion in the Jos Leijdekkers Affair

A Policy Analysis of Transnational Narcotics Trafficking, Alleged State Complicity, and the Costs of Strategic Inertia for Sierra Leone

I. S. Koroma1 September 202622 min read
Cocaine, Alleged Complicity and Coercion in the Jos Leijdekkers Affair — policy paper by I. S. Koroma, September 2026

A policy analysis of the Jos Leijdekkers affair: transnational cocaine trafficking, alleged state complicity, and the diplomatic and national-security costs of strategic inertia for Sierra Leone. The paper does not adjudicate guilt.

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About the Author

Dr. Ibrahim S. Koroma
I. S. Koroma

Written for the consideration of policymakers in the Government of Sierra Leone

Dr. Ibrahim S. Koroma is the Principal Solicitor & Head of Kornel Law LPC. An internationally trained legal professional, author, Associate Professor, and Law Lecturer, he has nearly two decades of experience in legal practice, public policy, investment law, and governance across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States.

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