In his press conference on Wednesday in Evian, France, President Donald Trump vowed to pounce on drug traffickers worldwide who use the finances accrued from drug sales to rig elections. Julius Maada Bio’s Sierra Leone perfectly fits in this narrative. (Photo: G7 leaders in France 2026).

The nonsense President Trump told the world was that the drug traffickers are being transported by sea. The US president mentioned Mexico many times as the immediate country where illicit drugs are loaded en route to the USA.

“We will go after them,” the US president vows. It was the first press conference for President Trump after the G7 Summit in Evian, France, unlike previous years’ G7 meetings. It was a clear message from Trump as Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood by and listened.

The following day, yesterday, the G7 countries, the richest nations in the world, issued a joint press statement echoing the same determination aired by President Trump the previous day to go after drug traffickers who undermine democratic elections worldwide.

This is a big problem for the electoral thief, Maada Bio, who stole the June 24, 2023, elections in broad daylight, to the disgust and condemnation of the world. Since then, no democratic nation has congratulated his SLPP regime, but instead, hefty economic sanctions have been imposed. (Photo: Kenyan President William Ruto joined President Trump, PM Starmer, and President Macron).

The financial embargo imposed on Maada Bio’s illegal regime automatically made the bankrupt SLPP regime resort to the drug business. And now, Europe’s most wanted drug fugitive and murderer, Joseph Johannes Leijdekker, aka Bolle Jos, joined the Bio train.

Many ships trafficking cocaine and other dangerous drugs have been seized in Europe, first in Spain and most recently in Germany. These alarming seizures have alerted the European Union and the American government to pounce on the criminal gangs involved.

And unfortunately for impoverished Sierra Leone, Maada Bio is one of the leading targets noted for using Sierra Leone as the hub for the transhipment of illicit drugs around the world. The bells have been ringing about cocaine Bio, and it has never been louder than this. This will hasten the restoration of democracy in Sierra Leone as the President-elect, Dr Samura Kamara, waits patiently for his power.

Cocaine Maada Bio has taken the unchallenged lead to be the drug baron in West Africa, and Sierra Leone is sadly playing a pivotal role in allowing drug lords like Jos Leijdekker and others to traffic drugs from West Africa to Europe and across the Atlantic into America.

Now that the G7 countries have joined hands to pounce on Bio and other criminal gangs, it is fantastic news that the world has increased the heat on Bio, meaning his days are numbered. Trump and the G7 have reiterated this position. More details below on G7 nations – United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Canada and Italy. (Photos: G7 summit and cocaine Maada and Fatima).

Leaders’ Declaration on the Fight Against Drug Trafficking

We, the Leaders of the G7, are committed to intensifying our fight against drug trafficking. Partner countries of the G7, Brazil and the Republic of Korea, also support this declaration. Global drug trafficking has expanded significantly in recent years, driven by record levels of production, the adaptability of organised crime groups, and the rise of global demand. It constitutes a major and increasing threat to national security, fueling corruption and violence.

We recognise that tackling this transnational organised crime is fundamental for safeguarding our societies, the health of our populations, our economic prosperity and global security. These sophisticated illegal networks recognise no borders. They exploit international vulnerabilities – siphoning vital resources from our economies and weakening the democratic institutions upon which our free societies depend. International cooperation is key to supporting national efforts to address this threat.

We reaffirm our determination to have joint and ambitious solutions to disrupt drug trafficking networks, with an evidence-based whole-of-government approach that includes the reduction of drug supply and demand, consistently with our shared values, norms and standards. We are committed to scaling up coordinated actions to prevent, investigate and prosecute all organised criminal groups, and to strengthening the resilience of our systems, in a comprehensive approach.

In that regard, we emphasise the continued need to strengthen the global anti-money laundering architecture to prevent financial crime and improve enforcement and asset recovery outcomes, in line with the Financial Action Task Force standards. We are committed to taking action to: • Strengthen maritime and port security to combat drug trafficking.

We recognise that maritime transport is the primary vector for global drug and precursor chemical trafficking. Building on the progress achieved during the Canadian presidency, we commit to strengthening our efforts to intensify our maritime cooperation in order to intercept more shipments of illicit drugs and to further strengthen the resilience of maritime ports and the whole global supply chains against drug trafficking and precursor flows.

To that end, we will create a G7+ Ports Network to Combat Drug Trafficking to reinforce cooperation between G7 members and their partners’ main maritime ports in coordination with the European Ports Alliance, the European Coalition Against Drugs, and similar initiatives. This G7+ initiative will aim to better coordinate, share information and implement best practices, including through possible joint field visits to port authorities and law enforcement agencies, building on international regulations, such as the International Ship and Port Facility Security of the International Maritime Organisation and G7 initiatives. (Photos: Spanish Navy seized drug ship from Sierra Leone).

To this end, we will set up an inventory of G7 initiatives and Best Practices to Counter Drug and Precursor Chemical Trafficking in Ports. We task our relevant Ministers to implement the Network by November 2026 and to further strengthen the security of our ports against drug and precursor chemical trafficking, with a particular focus on broadening cooperation with the private sector and enhancing port and shipping security standards.

• Counter the infiltration of legitimate public and private institutions by criminal networks. The infiltration of legitimate public and private institutions by criminal networks to facilitate international drug trafficking poses a real threat to our societies. It is becoming a central component of the economic model often employed by transnational organised crime groups. We are committed to decisively countering any attempt by criminal networks to infiltrate legitimate public and private institutions. We task our relevant Ministers to develop, by November 2026, a comprehensive G7 Action Plan against the infiltration of legitimate public and private institutions by drug trafficking networks and organised criminal groups.

• Support international and regional partners to combat drug production and transportation. We commit to working together with international and regional partners to strengthen our collective approach to tackling drug use, production, and trafficking. This includes working with partners to establish or strengthen national drug observatories, or similar entities, and early warning systems on drug consumption and trafficking, contributing to preparedness and evidence-based responses. Recognising that we must counter the production and transportation of drugs, we welcome the organisation of the Regional Security Conference in the Caribbean in Martinique. We encourage participants to take concrete and ambitious enforcement actions to disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking and arms trafficking networks. We will support relevant multilateral agencies and processes to further enhance global counternarcotics, including Interpol, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Narcotics Control Board, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the European Coalition Against Drugs.
• Enhance policy measures for reducing the demand and minimising the consequences of drug use on our communities 3 We will spare no effort to reduce demand and minimise the adverse public health and social consequences of drug use. We will do so by adopting a comprehensive approach that includes awareness-raising and health measures for prevention, treatment, risk reduction, and recovery. We will enhance awareness-raising and knowledge-sharing on emerging drug threats, support effective law enforcement and public health responses, and strengthen national drug observatories, or similar entities, and early warning mechanisms on new substances and consumption patterns, focusing particularly on those especially exposed.
• Tackle other forms of transnational organised crime and illicit financial flows associated with drug trafficking. We recognise that drug trafficking networks perpetrate and profit from other forms of cross-border organised crime – including human trafficking – as well as fraud, corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing and related illicit financial flows. These criminal networks also often thrive from crimes that affect the environment, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. We commit to disrupt the economic infrastructure enabling these illegal activities by strengthening financial investigations to trace, freeze, seize and confiscate associated proceeds and assets, including virtual assets.

The follow-the-money approach must be systematically applied, supported by robust and secure information exchange between our respective law enforcement, judicial authorities, and financial intelligence units. We will strengthen our collective actions to curb illicit finance, in line with the G7 Financial Crime Call to Action. This declaration reflects the outcome of the discussion between G7 members, benefiting from productive exchanges of views with partner countries.