BENIN: Screening out morally unfit crime fighters

COTONOU Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - One year after the country’s top anti-drug officials were sacked for alleged corruption, Benin’s new drug control boss has promised to revive the government’s fight against traffickers. Bertin Adanlè, director of Benin’s Office for the Control of Illicit Traffic of Drugs (OCERTID), told IRIN one of his first projects since taking over is to improve the quality of the country’s crime fighters. “To work in this field, you have to be demanding about the...