NCJ Number
235300
Date Published
March 2003
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy presents the 2002 annual assessment of the global flow of cocaine.
Abstract
This assessment found that as of December 31, 2002: about 544 metric tons of cocaine were shipped from South American and sent to the United States, while an additional 316 metric tons were shipped to non-U.S. markets; increased eradication efforts in Columbia saw a decrease in the coca crop of 15 percent; during the same time, Peru and Bolivia saw an increase in cultivation of coca; of the cocaine shipped to the United States, approximately 72 percent traveled through the Mexico/Central America Corridor, 27 percent traveled through the Caribbean Corridor, and 1 percent was shipped directly from South America to the United States; the majority of the cocaine traffickers used small high-speed boats to move the product on the Eastern Pacific Vector; and of the 316 metric tons shipped to non-U.S. markets, approximately 75 percent was bound for European markets. This report was developed by the Office of National Drug Control Policy to assess the global movement of cocaine as of December 31, 2002. 6 figures