Cocaine

A cocaine seizure made in Western Australia in August 2022.

Does Australia Receive Enough Cocaine To Meet Demand?

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 30 Aug 202213 Oct 2023

Portuguese police display a 5 ton cocaine seizure.

News Cocaine Europe

Portugal Fighting Back Against Rising Tide of Cocaine

by Alessandro Ford 25 Aug 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

A jet loaded down with cocaine was caught in northeastern Brazil.

News Covid and Crime

How COVID-19 Reshaped Cocaine and Marijuana Trafficking in Brazil

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson and Chris Dalby 1 Aug 202213 Oct 2023

Honduras' Atlantic Cartel allegedly laundered millions of dollars in drug money through the US financial system

News Money Laundering

Brokers and US Banks: How Honduras’ Atlantic Cartel Laundered Millions

by Alex Papadovassilakis 29 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

César Emilio Peralta, alias “El Abusador,” was the Dominican Republic's most notorious drug trafficker, with a network across the Caribbean.

Caribbean Dominican Republic

César Emilio Peralta, alias ‘El Abusador’

by InSight Crime 29 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

The Quo Vadis yacht which was used by Argentine traffickers to move cocaine from Argentina to Spain

News Cocaine Europe

Yachts and Cocaine – An Annual Voyage Between Argentina and Spain

by Gabrielle Gorder 19 Jul 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

Brazilian drug trafficker, Sergio Roberto de Carvalho, in court

Where in the World Will Brazil’s Pablo Escobar End Up Next?

by Chris Dalby 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

Una vista aérea de la región de la Mosquitia cerca de Ahuas, Honduras

Cocaine and Narco-Politics in the Mosquitia Region of Honduras

by Helen Montoya 7 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

News

Turkish Bananas: The Cocaine Road to Russia and the Persian Gulf

by Alessandro Ford 7 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

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