India’s Opioid Kings - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Who is flooding West Africa with dangerous opioids? The BBC goes undercover to find out. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica For more than a decade, West Africa has been in the grip of an opioid crisis. Illegal, addictive, dangerous pills are sold on the streets. But who’s making these tablets? Who’s packaging them to look like medicines? And who’s shipping them into Africa by the container load? #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEye Investigations trace the opioid route back to India — and go undercover to expose some of the men profiting from other people’s misery. 00:00 Introduction 01:43 Opioid addiction in Kano, northern Nigeria 07:22 Nigeria's crackdown on opioid trafficking 11:35 India as pharmacy of the world 14:08 Citizens' Task Force drug raid in Tamale, Ghana 21:19 Who's making the drugs in Tamale? 23:34 Addiction specialist explains harm of "Tafrodol" combination pill 25:27 New opioid on the streets: "Tafrodol" 27:00 Who is manufacturing it? 29:06 Undercover inside the factory 37:45 "Nowadays, this is business" 41:28 Ghanaian imports of opioids 46:14 Burning seized drugs in Tamale *** 🚨UPDATE 23/02/25: India bans two opioids behind crisis in West Africa in response to this investigation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx2vwg8gq1o Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎞️ Check out all Africa Eye investigations here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLajyiGz4JeyO2qgCvioQO-BzP1XCajJqt 📰 Read more about this investigation here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyew21yyjzo *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #India #Nigeria #Ghana #documentary #indianpharma #indiadocumentary #documentaries #investigativejournalism #undercover #BBCAfrica