The agents seized 20,000 euros in fractional currency, a firearm, and 4,650 grams of narcotics. A chalet in Madrid turned into a clandestine laboratory, international shipments disguised in speakers ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said he’s against global drug policies banning cocaine. During a live ministerial meeting, he argued cocaine should be legalized like alcohol to combat trafficking.

Chemical drugs like cocaine appear to be in “high demand” as compared to “organic” ones such as charas and ganja, going by the Delhi Police’s official numbers on drug seizures made in the Capital ...

The E.U. reported dismantling 39 cocaine laboratories across member states in 2022, up from at least 16 in 2019; one lab, discovered by authorities in Spain in 2023, was turning out 200 kilograms ...

The cocaine trade is far bigger and more geographically diverse than at any point in history as Albanian traffickers expand the market in Europe for the drug.

However, when this drug is converted into cocaine hydrochloride, drug traffickers pay almost twice as much, so 2.14 kilos costs 7,802 Peruvian soles ($2,054) in the production areas.