U.S. authorities are seeing an increase in cocaine trafficking as criminal groups increase production. The U.S. government continues to pressure Mexico to crack down on fentanyl production ...

Cocaine production in South America is surging, with a United Nations report estimating a 53% increase in output from 2022 to 2023, reaching 2,664 metric tons. In fact, farmers in Colombia ...

Meanwhile both potential national cocaine production and the average amount of cocaine being produced per harvested hectare have been rising. Potential national cocaine production rose to 8% in ...

The US government also encouraged Bolivian authorities to up the fight against cocaine cultivation and production. “The United States encourages the Government of Bolivia to continue its efforts ...

The US has pressured Colombia over the increase in coca cultivation ... for much-needed goods. Despite cocaine's reputation for decadence, the production process is relatively simple and crude.

TASS/. In Peru police special forces have eliminated 8 cocaine production laboratories situated in one of the most troubled regions of the country, valley of the rivers Apurimac and Ene ...