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 ...

The recent capture of several leaders of the Camorra and the ‘Ndragheta highlights the extensive operations of European crime ...

Colombia has led the world in cocaine production since the days of iconic drug lord Pablo Escobar and most comes from the Pacific side of the country. Getting the drugs from where they’re made ...

The Albanian mafia has expanded its presence in Ecuador in recent years, drawn by key trafficking routes through the country, ...

Farmers, particularly in Colombia, have become so efficient ... Office on Drugs and Crime suggested a 53 percent rise in cocaine production from one year to the next in 2023, with a yield of ...

state-issued IDs are worthless and cocaine production is not just tolerated, but encouraged. Welcome to Micay Canyon, a lush mountain-fringed valley in southwest Colombia where the self-styled ...

Carolos Lehder, who served over 30 years in a U.S. prison, once owned a luxurious hotel, which had caged lions and a large ...

The global suspension of USAID funding is shuttering peace and anti-gang programs in Colombia's most impoverished places, endangering implementation of the country's 2016 peace deal with leftist FARC ...