US EditionGlobal Cocaine Market Surges to Record Highs in 2023
- In 2023, global levels of cocaine manufacturing, confiscations, and consumption reached all-time peaks, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime .
- This surge followed increased coca bush cultivation, mainly in Colombia, and global instability that empowered organized crime and complicated drug control efforts.
- The largest cocaine markets continue to be found in regions including North America, Europe , and South America, even as traffickers increasingly target new areas in Asia and Africa, aided by the rising influence of crime organizations from the Western Balkans.
- Global cocaine production rose by nearly 34% to 3,708 tons in 2023, seizures reached 2,275 tons with a 68% increase over four years, and users grew from 17 million to 25 million in a decade.
- The report implies urgent need for stronger cross-border cooperation, technology use, alternative livelihoods, and judicial action targeting key actors to break this 'vicious cycle' of rising use and production.
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The global cocaine trade keeps setting new records, with cocaine the world's fastest-growing illicit drug market as Colombia production surges along with users in Europe and North and South America, a United Nations report published on Thursday said.
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