New UN report says there has been a 35% spike in 2020-21 in the production of coca, the drug’s base ingredientSouth American drug cartels have capitalised on the retreat of the Covid-19 pandemic to produce and smuggle record amounts of cocaine around the world.Production
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230317-cocaine-production-hits-record-high-as-post-covid-demand-picks-up-in-europe
Global production of cocaine has jumped dramatically over the past two years following an initial slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the first report dedicated to the global cocaine market from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/15/cocaine-smuggling-production-record-levels-pandemic-un-report
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