Colombia’s Coca Market Crash Unlikely to Impact Cocaine Trade
COCA
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28 APR 2023
A collapse in coca prices means Colombian farmers are struggling to sell their coca crops. The cocaine trade won't be affected, say experts.
All About Coca
NEWS
BOLIVIA
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3 APR 2023
Wastewater analysis of major European cities shows cocaine consumption continues to rise in parallel with South America's booming production.
COCA
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15 MAR 2023
Coca cultivation remains concentrated in the Andes, but escalating seizures suggest it could eventually be successful elsewhere.
COCA
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1 MAR 2023
Social leaders in Putumayo, Colombia, hope coca crop substitution can bring opportunities to communities. But supporting it may mean death.
COCA
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10 FEB 2023
Guatemala is dealing with the rapid expansion of coca leaf plantations, but there is little evidence the country is becoming a cocaine producer.
COCA
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16 DEC 2022
Coca cultivation in Guerrero, Mexico, has grown ten times in a year. But Mexico remains far from achieving mass coca cultivation.
BOLIVIA
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30 NOV 2022
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along its banks.
ARGENTINA
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25 OCT 2022
Bolivia's cocaine trade is on the up. Originally a coca leaf cultivator, Bolivia has moved to cocaine production.
COCA
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20 OCT 2022
Colombian coca cultivation and potential cocaine production has hit a record high. How will this impact the government's drugs policy?…
COCA
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27 SEP 2022
Increased coca cultivation in Peru provides the raw ingredient cocaine traffickers use when pushing into developing markets like Australia.
BOLIVIA
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2 SEP 2022
Peru coca prices are low. And that's leading to potential cocaine production in Bolivia.
CARTEL OF THE SUNS
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1 SEP 2022
InSight Crime charts the history of cocaine from agricultural extract to the basis of global criminal empires.
COCA
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22 AUG 2022
Narco ambulances in Colombia aren't new, but a recent rash of discoveries suggests that they are back in vogue with drug trafficking gangs.
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