Colombia is producing more cocaine than ever – and more is reaching Australian shores
- Written by Cesar Alvarez, Lecturer in Terrorism and Security Studies, Charles Sturt University
Members of the Colombian anti-narcotics police test cocaine after a drug bust.RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty ImagesImagine an area larger than the Australian Capital Territory, nearly twice the size of London and four times that of New York City covered in coca plantations.
That’s the scale of Colombia’s coca cultivation, according to an...
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