Drug Policy

Coca in Honduras: Cultivating and Consuming Fear

by Contracorriente and OCCRP 5 Dec 20235 Dec 2023

Police Operations in Brazilian Favelas

News Security Policy

Brazil’s Drug War Costs Favela Economies Millions: Study

by Juliana Manjarrés 26 Oct 202326 Oct 2023

Ecuador's president-elect Daniel Noboa

From Rhetoric to Reality on Ecuador’s Security Challenge

by Anastasia Austin 17 Oct 202317 Oct 2023

DataInSights: The Cocaine Problem Ecuador’s Presidential Candidates Cannot Wish Away

by Steven Dudley and Luisa Acosta 28 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Incautación de cocaína en unas cajas de bananas, recubiertas de plástico verde, con un coche de la policía italiana en el fondo

Europe: Cocaine’s Ever-Expanding Market

by Yago Rosado 17 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Colombia

Expanding Drug Trafficking on Peru’s Borders With Colombia and Brazil

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Seth Robbins 8 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

A shipment of cocaine caught on the river between Monagas and Sucre.

Monagas: The Missing Link for Venezuela Drug Traffickers

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 24 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

Coca leaves in a coca cultivation field in Peru.

Peruvian Coca Continues Expansion as New Regions Gain Importance

by Gavin Voss 5 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

Plastic bags of white powder labeled as fentanyl.

US Indicts Chinese Companies in New Approach to Fighting Precursor Chemicals

by Liza Schmidt 29 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

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

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