Coca

Coca cultivators pick coca leaves that may go on to fuel Bolivia's growing cocaine production

What Lies Behind Bolivia’s Expanding Cocaine Trade?

by Alessandro Ford 25 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

A Colombian soldier destroys coca crops during eradication efforts

Colombia Sees Historic Levels of Coca Cultivation and Cocaine Production

by Juan Diego Posada 20 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

Coca leaves are shown at the feed of a coca cultivator

How Peru’s Coca Production is Helping the Global Cocaine Boom

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 27 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

A coca cultivator tends to their coca crop

Price Differences Keep Peru’s Coca Flowing Illegally Into Bolivia

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 2 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

From Empires to World Wars – A History of the Global Cocaine Trade

by Douwe den Held, Alessandro Ford and Chris Dalby 1 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

Three occupants of a narco ambulance arrested in Nariño, Colombia stand in front of the marijuana they were transporting

Why Ambulances Remain Convenient Way to Move Drugs in Colombia

by Sean Doherty 22 Aug 202213 Oct 2023

Gustavo Petro recibe el Informe Final de la Comisión de la Verdad

News

Colombia’s Truth Commission Signposts Road to Peace for President-Elect to Follow

by Javier Lizcano Villalba 12 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

Indigenas kakataibo piden apoyo para enfrentar avance de narcotrafico en Amazonía peruana

News Environmental Crime

Drug Traffickers in Fresh Round of Violence Against Peru’s Indigenous Communities

by Maria Fernanda Ramirez 11 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

A coca cultivator in Colombia harvest cocaine's base ingredient.

News

Could Gustavo Petro Legalize Coca and Cocaine in Colombia?

by Gabrielle Gorder 21 Jun 202213 Oct 2023

Environmental crime amazon

The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Peruvian Amazon

Investigations Peru

Felled and Burned: Deforestation in Peru’s Amazon

by Maria Fernanda Ramirez and Juan Diego Cárdenas 2 Jun 202213 Oct 2023

Investigations Peru

Money Grows on Trees: Environmental Crime in Peru’s Amazon

by Maria Fernanda Ramirez 2 Jun 202213 Oct 2023

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