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Europe: Cocaine’s Ever-Expanding Market 

COCA / 17 AUG 2023

InSight Crime spoke with expert Yulia Vorobyeva, about drug trafficking trends and the growing demand for cocaine in Europe. …

COCAINE / 8 JUN 2023

Historic cocaine seizures in Sweden highlight the Nordic country's increasing role as a gateway for cocaine from Latin America to Europe.

COCAINE EUROPE / 29 MAY 2023

The impeachment of Paraguayan Congressman Erico Galeano for connections to drug trafficking shows progress against impunity in the country.

COCA / 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.

COCAINE EUROPE / 20 APR 2023

Clan Farruku, an Albanian crime group, was recently dismantled in Ecuador after receiving over ten tons of cocaine from Latin America.

COCAINE / 19 APR 2023

Spanish authorities seized a record cocaine lab, but questions remain about the prevalence of cocaine production in Europe.

CHONEROS / 14 APR 2023

The Tiguerones gang is thought to be behind the massacre in Esmeraldas, as they battle for control of international drug trafficking routes.

COCAINE / 13 APR 2023

Authorities in Russia made a large-scale seizure of cocaine in Moscow, following another in St. Petersburg last month.

BRAZIL / 11 APR 2023

Operation Hinterland is one of many crackdowns undertaken by authorities recently, showing that Paraguay's cocaine connection remains strong.

BOLIVIA / 3 APR 2023

Wastewater analysis of major European cities shows cocaine consumption continues to rise in parallel with South America's booming production.

COCAINE / 22 MAR 2023

Does the discovery of a second narco-submarine in Spain mean that more such vessels have been carrying drugs across the Atlantic?…

BRAZIL / 17 MAR 2023

A report on the global cocaine trade has revealed how cocaine purity is rising in Europe and how Africa is struggling to stop a flood of the drug.

BOLIVIA / 8 MAR 2023

InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean's cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals about regional trafficking.

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InSight Crime Cited in New Colombia Drug Policy Plan

15 SEP 2023

InSight Crime’s work on emerging coca cultivation in Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezuela was cited in the Colombian government’s…

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InSight Crime Discusses Honduran Women's Prison Investigation

8 SEP 2023

Investigators Victoria Dittmar and María Fernanda Ramírez discussed InSight Crime’s recent investigation of a massacre in Honduras’ only women’s prison in a Twitter Spaces event on…

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Human Trafficking Investigation Published in Leading Mexican Newspaper

1 SEP 2023

Leading Mexican media outlet El Universal featured our most recent investigation, “The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border,” on the front page of its August 30…

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InSight Crime's Coverage of Ecuador Leads International Debate

25 AUG 2023

This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…

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Human Rights Watch Draws on InSight Crime's Haiti Coverage

18 AUG 2023

Non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch relied on InSight Crime's coverage this week, citing six articles and one of our criminal profiles in its latest report on the humanitarian…