Global cocaine market hits record levels, despite the pandemic ‘bump’

24th April 2023Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

Latest research from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime suggests the global market for cocaine has hit new record levels despite the interruption of parts of the trade during COVID-19, with a significant increase in production, the emergence of supply chain specialists, and traffickers exploiting new markets and international events such as the war in Ukraine, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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