Illegal drug trade in Colombia - Wikipedia
Stacks of cocaine seized by the Colombian police. The illegal drug trade in Colombia has, since the 1970s, centered successively on four major drug trafficking cartels: Medellín, Cali, Norte del Valle, and North Coast, as well as several bandas criminales, or BACRIMs. [1]
Colombia Faces a New Problem: Too Much Cocaine
Jul 13, 2024 · Colombia, the global nexus of the cocaine industry, where Pablo Escobar became the world’s best-known criminal, and which still produces more of the drug than any other nation, is facing...
Cocaine-Funded Gangs Shake Colombia Years After Peace Pact
The militias have grown as the amount of coca leaf and cocaine produced in Colombia have reached historic highs. The country produced 625,000 acres of coca in 2023 and nearly 3,000 tons of the ...
Colombia cocaine: Coca cultivation reaches record high - BBC
Sep 12, 2023 · Colombia is the top coca cultivator in the world, producing 60% of the world's cocaine, followed by Peru and Bolivia. President Gustavo Petro on Saturday appealed to his regional counterparts...
Colombia’s radical plan to conquer cocaine | CNN
Nov 22, 2022 · Drug production boomed in Colombia during the pandemic. The total area harvested for coca leaves – the main ingredient for cocaine – grew 43% in 2021 according to a new annual survey by the...
Colombia Announces Largest Cocaine Seizure in Eight Years
Jan 23, 2025 · Colombia has announced its largest cocaine seizure in eight years, as the US reassesses its economic aid to combat drug trafficking. Credit: Ministry of Defense. (File Photo). Colombian authorities announced the seizure of 8.2 tons of cocaine bound for Spain in a police operation at the Pacific port of Buenaventura. This marks the country’s ...
Colombia Seized Over 1,700 Tons of Cocaine in Last Two Years
Nov 13, 2024 · In 2022, Colombia produced around 1,400 tons of cocaine, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Over the past decade, cocaine production has risen, driven by an increase in coca leaf cultivation in …
Colombia’s Coca Crops Grew, Cocaine Production Exploded
Oct 18, 2024 · Coca crops and cocaine production in Colombia increased during 2023, as the government has stopped forced eradication efforts and concentrated on seizures to fight drug trafficking.
Cocaine still Colombia drug gangs' top export despite fentanyl's ...
Nov 15, 2023 · Rising use, low production costs and logistical advantages could eventually lead drug producers to focus on fentanyl instead of cocaine, a high-ranking Colombian police official said, but for now...
Parts of Colombia are now awash with cocaine - The Economist
Aug 4, 2023 · The UNODC data suggest that in the past few years cocaine production has accelerated more than demand: a whopping 204,000 hectares were covered by coca crops in Colombia in 2021, an increase...