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Cocaine production hit new record in 2017: UN report

The bulk of global cocaine seizures were in the Americas

Global cocaine production reached an all-time high in 2017, breaking the previous year's record by 25 per cent, the UN drugs and crime agency said Wednesday in its annual report, as production soars in post-conflict Colombia.

New remote fields and criminal gangs boosted production in the world's top supplier, despite efforts to steer rural communities away from coca cultivation following a peace deal with FARC rebels.

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