Record Seizures in Bolivia Suggest Growing Role in Cocaine Exports
Bolivia seized a record amount of cocaine in 2023, suggesting that its role as both a cocaine producer and exporter…
GameChangers 2023: The Cocaine Flash-to-Bang in 2024
Coca prices have collapsed in parts of Colombia amid record hectares of cultivation. Could oversupply do what years of eradication…
Organized Crime Blamed for Half of Latin America’s Homicides
Organized crime is responsible for at least half of the homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean, home to the…
30 Years After Escobar, How the Cocaine Trade Has Changed
Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel transformed the cocaine trade during their heyday in the 1980s. But the 30 years…
Sebastián Marset
Sebastián Marset is Uruguay’s most famous drug trafficker and the leader of an international network known as the First Uruguayan…
The Networks of Uruguay’s Most-Wanted Drug Trafficker
.tooltip{position: absolute;}.product-container{height: 100vh;overflow: scroll;}.myAnnotations{font-size: calc(10px + 0.390625vw);} Uruguay’s most prolific drug trafficker, Sebastian Marset, has strung together an intercontinental network…
Uruguay’s Top Trafficker Disappears Yet Again in Bolivia
Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset has gone on the run after narrowly evading capture in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, showcasing yet…
Why Bolivia’s $215 Million Radars Are Not Targeting Drug Flights
Nearly seven years after Bolivia spent $215 million on radars to help fight drug trafficking, legal obstacles and a lack…
South America’s Cocaine Supply Boom Shows Up in European Wastewater Analysis
South America’s cocaine boom is feeding the growing consumption of the drug in Europe, the latest wastewater analysis of the…
Can India’s lithium reserves secure its energy independence?
Author: Monika Chaudhary, IIHMR University In February 2023, India’s government announced that the Geological Survey of India found around 5.9…