Cartels are offshoring more cocaine production outside of Colombia and exporting lower-grade drugs that are easier to conceal in products such as paints and plastics.

Cocaine production is moving from Colombia to Europe, with cartels exporting cheaper coca paste. This strategy minimizes ...

A United Nations report found a rise in users, confiscation and deaths as cocaine trafficking expands into Africa and Asia, ...

Peru's coca cultivation area decreased for the second year in 2024 by 29% compared to 2023. The area now stands at 89,755 ...

Peru's land dedicated to coca cultivation has decreased for the second year in a row by 8.2% in 2024, reaching 89,755 ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...

The authorities have so far this year seized nearly 3,800 kilos of cocaine that was being smuggled by the gang, along with 19 boats and around 100,000 euros ($114,000) which belonged to the ring.

Six accused drug traffickers allegedly using boats and "narco subs" to traffic cocaine were hit with U.S. sanctions, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said ...

Iceland has already broken its annual cocaine seizure record in the first half of 2025, a sign that Europe’s oversupply of the drug is spilling into smaller markets and creating new opportunities for ...