Organized Crime Turns Legitimate Cargo into Chemical Pipeline for Narcotics

Brazil · Latin America + Caribbean region

<p>Transnational criminal organizations are refining methods to conceal drugs within legitimate commercial cargo. The discovery in Brazil of cocaine chemically impregnated into timber illustrates the growing challenge these techniques pose to custom authorities and the security of global supply chains. In June, Brazilian authorities intercepted a shipment of Bolivian timber suspected of containing cocaine chemically [&#8230;]</p>
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