World cocaine supply reaches record levels and “should put us all on high alert”
The global supply of cocaine reached record levels in the world after the economic recovery after the pandemic, which "should...
March 16, 2023Topic
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
The UN indicated that coca leaf crops in Bolivia increased by 4% in 2021
Coca leaf crops in Bolivia increased by 4% in 2021, going from 29,400 hectares in 2020 to 30,500 hectares last...
November 30, 2022
FT points to Uruguay as new market for cocaine and speaks of the “burned or dismembered corpses” of the drug trade
According to the Financial Times Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile are "the new additions" to the international drug trafficking market
August 29, 2022
Argentine, Chilean and Uruguayan ports through which cocaine is exported to Europe increase
They conducted a study entitled "Cocaine trafficking from non-traditional ports: examining the cases of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay,"
January 26, 2022
Bolivia announces plant to produce coca leaf-based toothpaste
administration is working to industrialize the plant through initiatives such as an industry "that produces a coca-based toothpaste."
January 12, 2022
Coca market conflict in Bolivia: How is the crop grown and what is it used for?
Thousands of coca growers from Bolivia's Yungas region, opposed to the government, took control of a coca market in La...
October 6, 2021
Bolivia: Coca report shows increase in cultivated hectares in 2020
Coca crops in Bolivia increased by 15% in 2020 compared to data from 2018 and 2019, representing a record figure...
September 1, 2021
Bolivia plans to eradicate 49,000 hectares of coca crops by 2025
Bolivia presented this Monday its strategy to fight drug trafficking and control the expansion of coca crops for the period...
May 24, 2021
Interpol operations in 13 Latin American countries seized 200,000 weapons, made 4,000 arrests and dismantled drug labs
Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure of...
April 6, 2021