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Previously, FARC dominated the coca market in areas they controlled. Since the group disarmed, other criminal groups have failed to establish the same level of control.

Violence against civilians in Colombia is rising amid the various crises facing the government’s Total Peace policy. 

Alerts at Colombian airports increased by 275% between 2021 and 2023 — including large seizures at airports in San Andrés.

Prosecutors say the group hid drug money by buying cryptocurrency then sending it to companies controlled by Cartier to convert back into US dollars.

Hundreds of Venezuelan women have fallen victim in recent years, but Lismar’s story shows how these networks are adopting new strategies.

President Petro is being forced to confront the possibility that his flagship security policy may only have partial peace in its sights.

Wastewater readings suggest that traffickers have flooded the continent with cocaine — and it is now available almost everywhere.

The rise in extortion “primarily affects merchants, shopkeepers and transport workers,” according to a recent report.

One of Colombia’s biggest criminal groups is expanding its reach, threatening to disrupt the government’s peace processes with other armed groups.

Colombian cocaine entering the country may be worth nearly one billion dollars to criminal groups helping to store and transport it through the country.