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Ports Boss Yankuba Bio Responds to The Economist’s Jos Leijdekkers Investigation

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FREETOWN, 24th September 2026 – The Director-General of the Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority, Yankuba Askia Bio, has responded to explosive claims made in The Economist’s investigation into wanted Dutch drug trafficker Jos Leijdekkers, denying any wrongdoing at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay. The investigation, published last week by The Economist’s 1843 Magazine under [...]

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