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U.N. on Cargo Plane Use by Smugglers

Authority figures such as the U.N.'s anti-crime chief, and Antonio Maria Casto, head of the Vienna-based U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, are beginning to worry about the use of smuggling drugs and weapons on cargo planes to possibly benefit terrorists. The burned debris of a Boeing cargo plane was recently discovered in the Gao region of Mali, that had either failed to take off again, or had been destroyed on purpose, had been found with traces of cocaine on board. Costa says that the plane may also have been carrying weapons based on the region the plane was discovered in. He believes that the situation is dangerous because at least one aircraft able to carry up to ten tons of cocaine made a delivery into an anti-government controlled region. Costa says that this also may not be the first plane with an illegal load to be found in that region.

Sources: Google/ Associated Press- [|http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5goImXANGxeZKX39SCLprDDgUGR-QD9CC3PF84] King 5 News- [|http://www.king5.com/news/world/78452632.html]

Coverage: After a few minutes of looking and checking 10 different websites, I could only find one article. This article is exactly the same on both sites. The only difference is that the Google/ Associated Press page had a picture on the right of a map of the region where this was taking place, while the King 5 News article had no pictures.

Opinion: I hope that who ever is in charge of situations like this can deal with it and fix it as soon as possible because Antonio Maria Casto said that it is possible that drugs and weapons are maybe getting into the hands dangerous groups or even terrorists, which obviously isn't good.