Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand
Bolivia · Latin America + Caribbean region
Single-source report, not yet corroborated. <p><a href="https://insightcrime.org/news/record-coca-crops-bolivia-feed-growing-global-cocaine-demand/">Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand</a></p>
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<p>Coca cultivation in Bolivia reached record levels for the third consecutive year, in an expansion that appears to be driven by global demand for cocaine rather than by the country’s legal coca leaf markets. </p>
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