2. BRAZIL

Drug trafficking

The biggest cocaine producers are Colombia, Peru and Bolivia and when it’s not going to Mexico and the US, much of their produce leaves the continent via neighbour Brazil.

The country has become so significant in the trafficking of illegal drugs that even the middle-classes are involved. “They use legitimate businesses to cover the shipping of cocaine to Brazil and on to Europe via West Africa,” says Glenny.

Some 80% of the cocaine arriving in Europe leaves through Brazil’s Santos port, he says.