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Cocaine Smuggling in 2006
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This report provides an overview of data related to cocaine smuggling during 2006. Topics covered in the report include coca cultivation and production; cocaine trafficking routes and methods; and cocaine seizures.
The counterdrug community estimates that between 530 and 710 metric tons of cocaine departed South America toward the United States in 2006, similar to the range estimated in 2005. The eastern Pacific and western Caribbean routes to Mexico and Central America remained the primary channels for cocaine movement from South America toward the United States, accounting for about 90 percent of the flow.
