The cocaine trade reportedly is thriving like never before due to new international routes, markets, and criminal enterprises.

The U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in June reported that a record high of 2,757 tons of cocaine was produced in 2022, a 20% increase over 2021.

South America now produces more than twice as much cocaine as it did a decade ago, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Colombia, which turns out most of the world’s cocaine, has tripled its output.

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