Illicit drug trafficking in Lake Chad region generates $400bn annually - UNODC According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin regions are estimated to generate approximately $400 billion annually from illicit drug trafficking activities. Ousmane Touré, (UNODC) Country Representative for Nigeria, disclosed this while speaking at the closing of a week-long meeting of the 5th Lake Chad Governors’ Forum in Maiduguri. He said that the vast sum being generated by the illicit economies in the region was fueling a wide range of criminal...