Colombia’s Coca Crops Grew, Cocaine Production Exploded
2 days ago · During 2022, Colombia saw a record number of coca crops with 230,000 hectares of coca reported, representing a cocaine production potential of 1,738 tons per year. The new numbers keep the upward trend going. “The report shows that in 2023 potential cocaine production grew by 53%” said Candice Welsch, regional representative for UNODC’s ...
Colombia’s Potential Cocaine Production Surges to a Record High
2 days ago · Colombia has once again produced cocaine at a record pace as President Gustavo Petro ’s government changed the country’s strategy for fighting illegal drugs. The area of land planted with coca ...
Colombia’s Potential Cocaine Production Surges to a Record High
23 hours ago · Oscar Medina. Bloomberg News. Land planted with coca leaf surged 10% to 253,000 hectares. UNOCD presented its annual report on Colombia coca crops. Colombia has once again produced cocaine at a record pace as President Gustavo Petro ’s government changed the country’s strategy for fighting illegal drugs. The area of land planted with coca ...
Colombia: Potential cocaine production increased by 53 per cent …
2 days ago · Cultivation of coca bush in Colombia increased by 10 per cent in 2023 to 253,000 hectares, while potential cocaine production reached 2,664 metric tons, according to a new survey released by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today. This represents a potential 53 per cent increase in cocaine ...
Colombian coca leaf farming hit two-decade high in 2023, UN says
2 days ago · BOGOTA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over two decades, a report by ...
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 tectonic...
Colombia's drug problem is worse than ever. But it has a ... - CNN
Nov 22, 2022 · More cocaine than ever before. 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...
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...
Narco-sub with $27m of 'scorpion' cocaine seized in Colombia - BBC
Jan 22, 2024 · A semi-submersible carrying almost 800kg of cocaine, including parcels stamped with a scorpion symbol, has been intercepted by the Colombian Navy. The 15m-long (50ft) "narco-sub", the first to be...
Narco-sub with $27m of 'scorpion' cocaine seized in Colombia
Jan 22, 2024 · A semi-submersible carrying almost 800kg of cocaine, including parcels stamped with a scorpion symbol, has been intercepted by the Colombian Navy.
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