Cocaine

One of the radars installed in Bolivia as part of the $215 million purchase.

News Security Policy

Why Bolivia’s $215 Million Radars Are Not Targeting Drug Flights

by Sean Doherty 19 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

Dominican troops raiding properties during a drugs raid in the northern city of Cibao.

News Dominican Republic

After Peralta, Dominican Republic’s Cocaine Crackdown Targets Smaller Cities

by Gavin Voss 16 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

Three men give a press conference in front of bags of seized cocaine.

News Cocaine Europe

Cocaine Seizures Spike in Sweden as Traffickers Seek Secondary Routes

by Henry Shuldiner 8 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

This photo shows ex-Guatemalan Colonel Otto Fernando Godoy Cordón led away by Guatemalan authorities.

Guatemala Ex-Colonel Says Military Helped CJNG Run Drugs

by Henry Shuldiner 24 May 202313 Oct 2023

Contraband is rife across the Suriname and French Guyana border.

Europe’s Weakest Border? Smuggling Between Suriname and French Guiana

by Douwe den Held 16 May 202313 Oct 2023

Drug traffickers like Dudus Coke or Cesar Peralta made the Caribbean a cocaine hub.

A History of the Caribbean’s Most Powerful Drug Kingpins

by Douwe den Held and Gavin Voss 12 May 202313 Oct 2023

Newly elected Santiago Peña with mentor, ex-President Horacio Cartes

Paraguay Election Dims Chances of Corruption Crackdown

by Christopher Newton 5 May 202313 Oct 2023

A photo of a coca farmer in Colombia weighing a bale of coca leaf.

Colombia’s Coca Market Crash Unlikely to Impact Cocaine Trade

by Sean Doherty 28 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Authorities watch over a body in bodybag in Costa Rica, with a plaque in front of the body that read "OIJ 01 Cuerpo"

News Costa Rica

Cocaine and Marijuana Fuel Ever-Higher Homicides in Costa Rica

by Henry Shuldiner 27 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Spanish authorities examine products seized in the mega lab operation.

News Cocaine Europe

Spanish Mega Lab Raises Questions About Cocaine Production in Europe

by Gavin Voss 19 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Security forces patrol dock were nine people were killed

Ecuador Gang Massacre Highlights Intensified Fight for Drug Routes

by Christopher Newton 14 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

Dos buques de carga anclados en el puerto de San Petersburgo, en Rusia, ante un mar con bloques de hielo.

News Cocaine Europe

Russia Emerges as Alternative Route for Cocaine Headed to Europe

by Yago Rosado 13 Apr 202313 Oct 2023

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