Colombia’s Coca Market Crash Unlikely to Impact Cocaine Trade
The plummeting price of coca in some of Colombia’s cultivation hotspots is unlikely to affect major drug trafficking operations despite…
Cocaine and Marijuana Fuel Ever-Higher Homicides in Costa Rica
Drugs gangs battling over control of Costa Rica’s cocaine trafficking infrastructure and the domestic marijuana market are fueling an increase…
Spanish Mega Lab Raises Questions About Cocaine Production in Europe
Spanish police have uncovered Europe’s largest-ever cocaine-producing laboratory, but despite such finds, cocaine production on the continent likely remains in…
Ecuador Gang Massacre Highlights Intensified Fight for Drug Routes
A massacre in Ecuador’s northern port city of Esmeraldas has underlined how competition over cocaine trafficking routes is contributing to…
Russia Emerges as Alternative Route for Cocaine Headed to Europe
Another major cocaine seizure on Russian territory suggests that the country may be becoming a transit point for cocaine to…
Brazil Gangs Behind Surging Violence on Colombia, Peru Tri-Border
A wave of murders in the Colombia-Brazil-Peru tri-border area has raised concerns about the increasing power of Brazilian groups and…
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…
DEA Criticized for Tame Review of Foreign Operations
A long-awaited review of the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s foreign operations has faced criticism from experts who say the report…
Europe Narco-sub Heralds More to Come
The discovery of a second “narco-submarine” on European shores suggests that others may be on the way. Spanish authorities discovered…
5 Takeaways From UN Global Report on Cocaine 2023
A new UN report on the global state of the cocaine trade reveals record production levels in Latin America, a…